IMAGE
Earle, Augustus, 1793-1838 :[Against truth] [ca 1830?].
- Date
- 1820 - 1838
- By
- Earle, Augustus, 1793-1838
- Reference
- A-279-002
- Description
Shows a figure representing Truth, standing on a rock amongst gunpowder barrels, being attacked by 9 figures representing different ideologies, including Methodism, Fanaticism, Discord, Ignorance, Religion, Islam.
See Earle's writings for his anti-religious and anti-missionary views.
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - A. Earle; Recto - centre left - Figures and their props are labelled: Shilo, Fanaticism, Huntingdon S.S.[probably William Huntington S.S.], Discord, Methodism, Nonsense, Tracts, Jn Bunyan, Wesley's works, Whitfield's works.; Recto - centre right - Figures and their props are labelled: Ignorance, Religion, Persecution, Koran, Slaughter, Inquisition.; Recto - centre - The figure of Truth is labelled as such. It standes on powder barrels labelled "Powder".
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour, pen and ink, image 178 x 254 mm, pasted to sheet 199 x 275 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Ink drawings, Watercolour, pen and ink, image 178 x 254 mm, pasted to sheet 199 x 275 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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