Plate 4, “The Prisoner of Chillon” by William and George Audsley (original) (raw)

Cover

William and George Audsley, illuminators

1861(?)

37 x 26.8 cm.

Beckwith, Victorian Bibliomania catalogue no. 9

Source: The Sermon on the Mount

Collection of Ellen K. Morris

Chapters 5 to 7 in Matthew's Gospel contain the Sermon on the Mount, with the Beatitudes and the Lord's Prayer. This section of the New Testament was frequently honored with illumination in the Victorian period, including examples byOwen Jones and Samuel Stanesby. [continued below]

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