Wood engraving on paper
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Philip in Church engraved by Swain
Presented by Harold Hartley 1925
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book - non-specific
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children
church
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Thackeray, William Makepeace, ‘The Adventures of Philip ...’
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<p>This is one of a number of designs Pinwell produced for Thackerays’s last novel, The Adventures of Philip serialised in The Cornhill Magazine from January 1861 until August 1862. Thackeray wrote to Walker in 1861 ‘The Blocks you have executed … have given so much satisfaction that I hope we may look for more from the same hand’.</p><p>Philip, shown sitting on the far left of a church pew, appears distracted while the rest of the congregation say their prayers. The figure was modelled by Gilbert Dalziel, who presented some of the wood-engravings shown in this room to the Tate Gallery in 1924.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2008</em></p>
paper print wood engraving
9 August 2004 – 8 August 2005
2005-08-08
1 March 2004
2004-03-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-08-09
19th Century Illustration
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Philip in Church, engraved by Swain
image: 175 × 121 mm
Presented by Harold Hartley 1925
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<span class="text11">This is one of a number of designs Pinwell produced      for Thackerays’s last novel,  </span><span class="tItalic">The      Adventures of Philip</span><span class="text11"> serialised in  </span><span class="tItalic">The Cornhill Magazine</span><span class="text11"> from      January 1861 until August 1862. Thackeray wrote to Walker in 1861      ‘The Blocks you have executed … have given so much satisfaction      that I hope we may look  for more from the same hand’.  </span>
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<span class="text11">Philip, shown sitting on the far left of a church pew,      appears distracted while the rest of the congregation say their prayers.      The figure was modelled by Gilbert Dalziel, who presented some of the      <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/wood-engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Wood engraving'"><span>wood-engravings</span></a> shown in this room  to the Tate Gallery in 1924. </span>
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actions: postures and motions adults book - non-specific boy children church coat of arms congregation curtain cushion family family furnishings girl groups interiors leisure and pastimes literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) man objects people pew prayer reading reading, writing, printed matter recreational activities religion and belief religious religious and ceremonial sitting society Thackeray, William Makepeace, ‘The Adventures of Philip ...’ universal religious imagery woman worship