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Print depicting the Revd John Wesley, preaching in the Gwennap Amphitheatre, Busveal (Cornwall) in 1773

A black and white print depicting John Wesley preaching at Gwennap Amphitheatre (pit), Busveal nr Redruth in 1773. The Amphitheatre is filled with people. Wesley is standing, wearing clerical dress, on a piece of rock on the edge of the pit. In the background are trees and the sky is partially clouded.

Category: print

Material: wood, painted gold

Material Part: print

Produced by: Geller, William Overend L Brall & Sons

Inscription:

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The revd John Wesley preaching in the Gwennap Ampitheatre. Painted and engraved by W O Geller. The natural Ampitheatre at Gwennap (Cornwall), far the finest I know in the Kingdom. It is a round green hollow, gently shelving down about 60 feet deep, but I suppose it is 200 across one way and near 300 the other. “The people both filled it, and covered the ground round about” --- “above 32000 the largest assembly I ever preached to” --- “I think the most magnificent spectacle which is to be seen on this side of Heaven” Vide Mr Wesley’s Journal.

Measurements:

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height 495 mm
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width 616 mm

Object Number: 2008-201

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