Phillip Medhurst

A Pilgrimage to Truth

Tag: Gospel of Luke

004 The adoration of the shepherds Luke 2:16 Jan Luyken
Bowyer Bible print 4744

From: Jan Luyken “De Schriftuurlyke Geschiedenissen en Gelykenissen, Van het nieuwe verbond” (“The Scriptural Stories and Parables of the New Testament”) 1712

Robert Bowyer (1758-1834) expanded his own copy of the Macklin Bible to 45 volumes after acquiring and inserting over 6200 different prints of Biblical events. The Bowyer Bible is now housed in Bolton Museums and Archives. For a presentation of many of these prints see https://archive.org/details/bowyer-bible
where Philip De Vere has created flip-books from Phillip Medhurst’s collection of photos.

044  Simeon with the infant Jesus

Simeon with the infant Jesus. c1796. Oil on canvas. 121.92 cms (48 ins) x 90.49 cms (35.63 ins). Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan.

040  The Nativity

The Nativity. c1796. Location unknown. Probably a studio painting based on the cartoon for the glass window made for the Royal Chapel at Windsor.

039  The Nativity

The Nativity. 1792. Oil and paper on canvas. Height: 497.8 cms (16.3 ft); width: 256.5 cms (100.9 ins). National Trust, Petworth House, Petworth, West Sussex. For the window for St. George’s Chapel, Windsor which was installed in 1796. From 1779 to 1801 West was engaged in George III’s many alterations to Windsor Castle, and became […]

038  The Angels announcing the birth of Jesus

The angels announcing the birth of Jesus. 1790. Painting; pen, brush and brown ink with oil on paper. Height: 34.61 cm (13.63 in.), Width: 23.5 cm (9.25 in.) A cartoon for a painted-glass window St. George’s Chapel, Windsor which was installed in 1796. From 1779 to 1801 West was engaged in George III’s many alterations […]