"The Massacre of the Lamented Missionary the Rev. J. [John] Williams and Mr Harris" [on the island of Erromanga]

Oil colour print, 33cm x 22.5cm (without border), "printed in oil colours and published by the Patentee G. [George] Baxter, 3 Charterhouse Square" [London, 1841].

Archive & Special Collections CWM/LMS/01/09/05/02/13 Open

Order number: CWM/LMS/Home/South Seas Pictures/13
Date(s) of creation: [1841]
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
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item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Home/South Seas Pictures/13
callnumber CWM/LMS/01/09/05/02/13
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/01/09/05/02/13
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/01/09/05/02/13
prefix_number 13
scb_previous_numbers 147
title "The Massacre of the Lamented Missionary the Rev. J. [John] Williams and Mr Harris" [on the island of Erromanga]
scb_date_creation [1841]
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 7 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 Images held as part of the LMS Museum (inventory items 147) before being transferred to SOAS Library in January 2008.
description Oil colour print, 33cm x 22.5cm (without border), "printed in oil colours and published by the Patentee G. [George] Baxter, 3 Charterhouse Square" [London, 1841].
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs Variation in colour and finish between different copies, foxing present in many cases, with some tearing and other damage. Most images missing borders and captions.
scb_related_material See South Seas Pictures/12 for the first image in the pair, "The Reception of the Rev J. [John] Williams, at Tanna, in the South Seas, the day before he was massacred", and South Seas Pictures/14 for a photocopy of a description published by George Baxter of the prints, with an account of the events depicted.
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0001.0009.0005.0002.0013

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