Engraving on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
The Acts of the Apostles
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/frances-richards-1837" aria-label="More by Frances Richards" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Frances Richards</a>
Peter in Prison
Purchased 1981
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
actions: processes and functions
Acts, chapter 12
adults
angel
arch
architecture
Bible: New Testament
crime and punishment
features
flying
greeting
interiors
lying down
man
people
prison
prisoner
public and municipal
reclining
religion and belief
Saints
sleeping
society
St Peter
universal religious imagery
paper print engraving
Peter in Prison
image: 165 × 127 mm
Purchased 1981
<p><b>P07418</b> [from] THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 1929–80 [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/richards-pentecost-p07417" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07417</span></a>-<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/richards-praying-to-the-animals-p07423" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07423</span></a>; complete]
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<br/>All inscribed ‘FR’ bottom right
<br/>Seven engravings, printed at Studio Prints, published by Barn Elm Editions in an edition of 70, in range 6×5 1/2–5 1/2×5 3/4 (15.2×14–14×14.6)
<br/>Purchased from Mel Gooding (Grant-in-Aid) 1980
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<br/>In 1929 Stanley Morison commissioned Frances Richards to produce an <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Engraving'"><span>engraving</span></a> illustrating the Acts of the Apostles for The Fleuron. A version of ‘The Shipwreck’ was published, but the plate was subsequently lost. Another version of ‘The Shipwreck’ and six more plates were engraved at the same time but never proofed. In 1978 the plates were discovered, proofed and editioned by Mel Gooding of Barn Elm Editions.
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><i>The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions</i>, London 1984
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-11T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: expressive actions: postures and motions actions: processes and functions Acts, chapter 12 adults angel arch architecture Bible: New Testament crime and punishment features flying greeting interiors lying down man people prison prisoner public and municipal reclining religion and belief Saints sleeping society St Peter universal religious imagery