Portrait of "The Lamented Missionary the Revd John Williams"

Oil-coloured portrait, 22.5cm x 27cm, by George Baxter, published in 1843. 1 copy mounted with inscription (proof), 4 unmounted with inscriptions removed (one copy has inscription adhered to back). Full caption reads, "Seated in his Study composing his celebrated Missionary Enterprises, which have b...

Full description

Archive & Special Collections CWM/LMS/01/09/05/02/10 Open

Order number: CWM/LMS/Home/South Seas Pictures/10
Date(s) of creation: 1843
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.01.09.05.02.10
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Home/South Seas Pictures/10
callnumber CWM/LMS/01/09/05/02/10
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/01/09/05/02/10
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/01/09/05/02/10
prefix_number 10
scb_previous_numbers 141
title Portrait of "The Lamented Missionary the Revd John Williams"
scb_date_creation 1843
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 5 copies
format Archive
scb_admin_history John Williams (1796-1839) served as a missionary with the London Missionary Society in the South Seas, 1816-1839. George Baxter (1804-1867) was an engraver and printer who invented a process of colour printing that made reproductions of paintings available on a mass scale. He supplied colour illustrations to the publisher George Mudie and produced prints for the London Missionary Society. Baxter's process incorporated the aquatint method and involved superimposing the colours using wooden blocks. Baxter used carefully etched plates, a hand press, and the finest colours, oils and paper. He mixed the colours himself but left no record of their composition. The process quickly gained popularity and was widely useful in producing replications of paintings. [Source: National Portrait Gallery]
scb_custodial_history Image held as part of the LMS Museum (inventory item 141) before being transferred to SOAS Library in January 2008.
description Oil-coloured portrait, 22.5cm x 27cm, by George Baxter, published in 1843. 1 copy mounted with inscription (proof), 4 unmounted with inscriptions removed (one copy has inscription adhered to back). Full caption reads, "Seated in his Study composing his celebrated Missionary Enterprises, which have been aptly designated as a Supplement to the Acts of the Apostles. Designed and Printed in Oil Colours by the Patentee George Baxter". London, published by G. Baxter, 3 Charter House Square, April 1st 1843. This print shows green curtains in the background (a similar print exists with the Mission House at Rarotonga in the background - see South Seas Pictures/11).
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs Portraits vary in appearance and depth of colour, with deterioration in some cases.
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0001.0009.0005.0002.0010

Similar items