print
- Museum number
- 2010,7081.6555
- Title
- Object: Lux in Tenebris
- Description
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Christ as the Good Shepherd, walking with a crook through a dark graveyard, leading a soul represented by a young woman wearing a loose white gown, who stands on the left looking up at Him with awe; discarded armour and a crown lie on the ground; arched format; after Paton; engraver's proof. 1883
Mixed method with chine collé
- Production date
- 1883
- Dimensions
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Height: 785 millimetres
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Width: 517 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Declared to the Printmakers' Association
The Lennox-Boyd database records a later state with the title, quotation and reference 'Yea though I walk though the valley ... comfort me. / Psalm XXIII.4', dedication to 'The Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne', and 'Painted by Sir Noel Paton, R.S.A. // Edinburgh Published 15th,, August 1883 by Hugh Paton & Sons, 122, Princess Street. Copyright Registered. // Engraved by James Faed.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2010
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2010,7081.6555