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1 print : line engraving with etching ; border 23.2 x 17.5 cm

Jesus appoints Peter as head of the church. Engraving by Clark and Pine, ca. 1719.

Only eleven apostles are represented

1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 26.7 x 37.9 cm

Jesus appoints Peter as head of the church; he instructs him to 'feed his lambs'. Engraving by M. Sorello after Raphael.

Bible. N.T. Matthew 16.18-19. Christ points to two sheep, alluding to his edict "Feed my lambs" (John 21.15)

1 print : etching ; platemark 29 x 21.5 cm

Jesus appoints Peter as head of the church; Peter kisses his hand. Etching by H. Winstanley, 1728, after A. van Dyck.

1 process print : half-tone, printed in colour

Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part of his wealth from the communal fund of the apostles. Colour process print after Raphael.

In the right hand corner, Mary Magdalene may be swooning into the lap of the Virgin Mary

1 print : line engraving with etching ; image 15.7 x 11.4 cm

Peter stands and preaches before the apostles after the event of the Pentecost. Engraving by W. Holl after B. West.

Bible. N.T. Acts 2.1-16. The Virgin Mary sits in the centre, a common trope in iconographic tradition but without biblical foundation. A dove hovers above. Tongues of fire rain down; two of the apostles hold books. The Bible tells how the men appeared drunk to onlookers

Tongues of fire descend on the apostles (Pentecost). Engraving by Jan Wierix, 1581, after P. van der Borcht.

1 process print : chromotypograph, printed in colour ; border 9.4 x 6 cm

Jesus appoints Peter as head of the church. Chromotypograph.

1 print : etching with woodblock, coloured in green

Jesus appoints Peter as keeper of the keys to heaven. Colour etching by A. Scacciati after J. Chimenti.

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 27 x 40.5 cm

Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part of his wealth from the communal fund of the apostles. Engraving after Raphael.

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The Church of Ephesus arraign'd. The substance of five short sermons, contracted into one. Delivered 1760, at Charles-Town, South-Carolina. By Josiah Smith, V.D.M. [Three lines from Revelation]

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Jesus appoints Peter as head of the church. Engraving by Clark and Pine, ca. 1719.

Jesus appoints Peter as head of the church; he instructs him to 'feed his lambs'. Engraving by M. Sorello after Raphael.

Jesus appoints Peter as head of the church; Peter kisses his hand. Etching by H. Winstanley, 1728, after A. van Dyck.

Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part of his wealth from the communal fund of the apostles. Colour process print after Raphael.

Peter stands and preaches before the apostles after the event of the Pentecost. Engraving by W. Holl after B. West.

Tongues of fire descend on the apostles (Pentecost). Engraving by Jan Wierix, 1581, after P. van der Borcht.

Jesus appoints Peter as head of the church. Chromotypograph.

Jesus appoints Peter as keeper of the keys to heaven. Colour etching by A. Scacciati after J. Chimenti.

Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part of his wealth from the communal fund of the apostles. Engraving after Raphael.

The Church of Ephesus arraign'd. The substance of five short sermons, contracted into one. Delivered 1760, at Charles-Town, South-Carolina. By Josiah Smith, V.D.M. [Three lines from Revelation]

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Jesus appoints Peter as head of the church. Engraving by Clark and Pine, ca. 1719.

Jesus appoints Peter as head of the church; he instructs him to 'feed his lambs'. Engraving by M. Sorello after Raphael.

Jesus appoints Peter as head of the church; Peter kisses his hand. Etching by H. Winstanley, 1728, after A. van Dyck.

Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part of his wealth from the communal fund of the apostles. Colour process print after Raphael.

Peter stands and preaches before the apostles after the event of the Pentecost. Engraving by W. Holl after B. West.

Tongues of fire descend on the apostles (Pentecost). Engraving by Jan Wierix, 1581, after P. van der Borcht.

Jesus appoints Peter as head of the church. Chromotypograph.

Jesus appoints Peter as keeper of the keys to heaven. Colour etching by A. Scacciati after J. Chimenti.

Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part of his wealth from the communal fund of the apostles. Engraving after Raphael.

The Church of Ephesus arraign'd. The substance of five short sermons, contracted into one. Delivered 1760, at Charles-Town, South-Carolina. By Josiah Smith, V.D.M. [Three lines from Revelation]

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