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>
Peter on Housetop
Purchased 1981
actions: postures and motions
Acts, chapter 10
adults
animals: birds
animals: mammals
astronomy
Bible: New Testament
bird - non-specific
deer
diseases and conditions
hunger
kneeling
man
mysticism
people
prayer
religion and belief
Saints
sheep
St Peter
star
universal religious imagery
vision
wild boar
paper print engraving
Peter on the Housetop
image: 172 × 114 mm
Purchased 1981
<p><b>P07419</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 10 adults animals: birds animals: mammals astronomy Bible: New Testament bird - non-specific deer diseases and conditions hunger kneeling man mysticism people prayer religion and belief Saints sheep star St Peter universal religious imagery vision wild boar