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May I pass through the Earth My heart and hopes set upon heaven / The Rise & Progress of Religion in the Soul

• Object type

  • title-page
  • print
  • frontispiece

• Museum number

  1867,0713.593-594

• Title (object)

  • May I pass through the Earth My heart and hopes set upon heaven
  • The Rise & Progress of Religion in the Soul

• Description

  Title-page and frontispiece, printed from a single plate.
  frontispiece to left: a young woman kneeling with hands clasped in prayer, resting on a book open on a lectern to right.
  titlepage to right: with a vignette showing an open book on a cushion, an hourglass and a butterfly. 1822
  Etching and engraving

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• Producer name

  • Published by: Rivington
  • After: Thomas Uwins
  • Print made by: Charles Warren

• School/style

  • British

• Date

  • 1822

• Production place

  • Published in: London
  • (Europe,British Isles,England,London)

• Materials

  • paper

• Technique

  • etching
  • engraving

• Dimensions

  • Height: 141 millimetres
  • Width: 153 millimetres

• Inscriptions

  • • Inscription Content

      Title-page: lettered with the title and 'T. Uwins del. / on Steel C. Warren sculp. / What is your life? Is it not even as a vapour that Appeareth for a little time and then Vanisheth away. / Vide Chap. 3. / London: Printed for F. C. & J. Rivington & the other Proprietors. 1822.'.
      Frontispiece: lettered with the title and 'Vide Chap. 21. / T. Uwins del. / on Steel C. Warren sculp. / Printed for F. C. & J. Rivington & the other Proprietors. 1822.''.

• Location

  Not on display (British Masters Portfolio)

• Associated names

  • Illustration to: Philip Doddridge

• Associated titles

  • Associated Title: The Rise & Progress of Religion in the Soul

• Acquisition name

  • Purchased from: Lumley

• Acquisition date

  1867

• Department

  Prints & Drawings

• Registration number

  1867,0713.593-594