Engraving on paper
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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>
Shipwreck
Purchased 1981
Acts, chapters 27-8
adults
Bible: New Testament
coast
destruction
emotions, concepts and ideas
group
groups
man
people
prayer
religion and belief
rocky
sea
seascapes and coasts
ship, sailing
shipwreck
society
storm
transport: water
universal concepts
universal religious imagery
wave
weather
paper print engraving
The Shipwreck
image: 152 × 140 mm
Purchased 1981
<p><b>P07421</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
Acts, chapters 27-8 adults Bible: New Testament coast destruction emotions, concepts and ideas group groups man people prayer religion and belief rocky sea seascapes and coasts ship, sailing shipwreck society storm transport: water universal concepts universal religious imagery wave weather