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| ELIZA SHRIMPTON 1846 "HIEROGLYPHIC OF A CHRISTIAN" |
£1200 |
A remarkable sampler by Eliza Shrimpton dated 1846 and depicting the HIEROGLYPHIC OF A CHRISTIAN. a companion to a "Tree of Life" image.
'Hieroglyphics of a Christian' was first printed for Carington Bowles, map & printseller, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard London, Jan 1771. After J. Bakewell. Although this image is based more on the lithograph ca. 1846. (The same year of this sampler). Published by Kellogs & Thayer, New York; E. B. & E. C. Kellogg, Hartford; D. Needham, after George Hagerty of Baltimore. Depicting a tree tended by angels, one of whom is keeping an axe-bearing Lucifer from chopping the tree down. The other angel waters the soil, which is labelled "Faith" and "Repentance." The trunk, labelled "Hope" and "Love," leads up to a canopy bearing fruit with labels such as "Mercy," "Justice," "Chastity," and "Temperance." The word "Grace" appears in the sky above the crown of the tree. Beneath the illustration is the title, "The Good Tree or Hieroglyphics of a Christian," and a quotation from the Book of Psalms, "'And he shall like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season. An edition of this print is in the collection of the National Museum of American History. |
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