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>
Stoning Stephen
Purchased 1981
actions: postures and motions
Acts, chapter 7
adults
architecture
arm / arms raised
Bible: New Testament
crime and punishment
crowd
execution
groups
kneeling
man
martyr
natural phenomena
people
religion and belief
Saints
society
St Stephen
standing
stone
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
tree
universal religious imagery
paper print engraving
The Stoning of Stephen
image: 190 × 145 mm
Purchased 1981
<p><b>P07422</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: postures and motions Acts, chapter 7 adults architecture arm / arms raised Bible: New Testament crime and punishment crowd execution groups kneeling man martyr natural phenomena people religion and belief Saints society standing stone St Stephen townscape townscapes / man-made features tree universal religious imagery