The Epworth Collection

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Key to the picture of John Wesley's escape from the Epworth Rectory fire (1709)

Depicting a rough copy of Henry Perlee Parker's picture of the Rectory fire. With underneath the key to the picture with all the names of people and the objects depicted in the image. It shows the Rectory on fire, John Wesley standing at a first floor window. A man standing on the shoulders of another man is trying to rescue John. Several other people (among whom other members of the Wesley family) stand and watch. Samuel Wesley is shown praying on one knee. It is framed in a wooden frame, the inner edge is painted gold.

Category: print

Material Part: picture

Inscription:

printed - underneath image

1 Staircase on fire 2 John Wesley 3 John Brown 4 Rob Brown (?) Dog 5 Tee planted by Revd J Wesley 6 Tomb beside which S Wesley was buried 7 Revd S Wesley 8 Anne Wesley 9 Mary Wesley 10 Mrs Wesley 11 George Stevenson 12 John Maw 13 Parish Clerk 14 Martha Wesley 15 Emilia Wesley 16 Susannah Wesley 17 Hetty Wesley 18 Charles Wesley & nurse