The Epworth Collection

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Print showing the rescue of John Wesley from the fire at the Rectory

Depicting the previous Epworth Rectory on fire. On the left of the painting stands the Rectory, large flames are coming from the roof and the top of the building. From a first floor window the 6 year old John Wesley is being rescued by a man. The man is standing on the shoulders of another man. Many people are helping the two men. On the right of the painting another group of people is standing, holding on to each other (some part of the Wesley family). In front of the group on the right is one man praying towards the house on one knee. To the side of the house men are taking a horse and a cow out of the building. In the background are more people, other buildings and the Parish Church of Epworth. The sky is dark with the moonlight shining through the clouds. In a dark wooden frame.

Category: print

Production Date: 1870-

Material Part: picture

Produced by: Lipschitz, S.

Inscription:

printed - underneath image

-Verlag&Eigenthum von S Lipschitz Ellernthorsbrucknell Hamburg Copyright registered London Published July 26 1870 by S Lipschitz, 4 Commercial Street - Samuel Wesley's gratitude for the providential deliverance of his son John Wesley, when he was six years of age. - When the child was carried out of the burning house the father cries "Come neighbours, let us kneel down, let us give thanks to God! He has given me all my eight children let the house go. I am rich enough".

Measurements:

picture
height 534 mm
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width 635 mm

Object Number: 2008-145

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