Founder of the Methodist movement (1703-1791)

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The funeral of Mrs Susannah Wesley at Bunhill Fields, the Methodist cemetery: a key to the identities of the mourners. Etching.

John Wesley. Stipple engraving by W. T. Fry after J. Renton.

John Wesley. Mezzotint by W. Ward, 1825, after G. Romney, 1789.

John Wesley. Photogravure by Waterlow & Sons after J. Faber, junior, 1743, after J. Williams.

John Wesley. Line engraving by J. Tookey, 1791, after himself.

Buildings and alumni of Charterhouse, London and Surrey. Colour lithograph by Beynon & Company after [H. Hale].

Three churchmen: John Wesley, William Paley, and Beilby Porteus. Engraving.

John Wesley preaching in a large church. Engraving, 1823.

John Wesley preaching to native Americans. Engraving.

John Wesley. Line engraving by J. Fittler, 1791, after J. Barry.

The rescue of the young John Wesley from the burning parsonage at Epworth, Lincolnshire. Mezzotint by S.W. Reynolds after H.P. Parker.

The funeral of Mrs Susannah Wesley at Bunhill Fields, the Methodist cemetery. Mezzotint by S. Gimber, 1865, after D. Woolstenhome.

John Wesley among the physicians : a study of eighteenth-century medicine / [Alfred Wesley Hill].

John Wesley. Stipple engraving, 1825, after J. Barry.

Doctors, demons and early Methodist healing / by Henry D. Rack.

Primitive physick: or, an easy and natural method of curing most diseases / By John Wesley.

Primitive physic: or, An easy and natural method of curing most diseases.

Primitive physic, or, An easy and natural method of curing most diseases / by John Wesley.

Primitive physic : or, An easy and natural method of curing most diseases: / By J. Wesley.

A compendium of natural philosophy, being a survey of the wisdom of God in the Creation / [John Wesley].

Prif feddyginiaeth; : sef, phisygwriaeth yr oesoedd gynt: ... / wedi ei gyfieithu i'r Gymraeg gan J.E.

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John Wesley

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Primitive physic: or, An easy and natural method of curing most diseases.

Primitive physic, or, An easy and natural method of curing most diseases / by John Wesley.

Primitive physic : or, An easy and natural method of curing most diseases: / By J. Wesley.

A compendium of natural philosophy, being a survey of the wisdom of God in the Creation / [John Wesley].

Prif feddyginiaeth; : sef, phisygwriaeth yr oesoedd gynt: ... / wedi ei gyfieithu i'r Gymraeg gan J.E.

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John Wesley

Images from the collections

Images by John Wesley

Images featuring John Wesley

Works from the collections

Primitive physic: or, An easy and natural method of curing most diseases.

Primitive physic, or, An easy and natural method of curing most diseases / by John Wesley.

Primitive physic : or, An easy and natural method of curing most diseases: / By J. Wesley.

A compendium of natural philosophy, being a survey of the wisdom of God in the Creation / [John Wesley].

Prif feddyginiaeth; : sef, phisygwriaeth yr oesoedd gynt: ... / wedi ei gyfieithu i'r Gymraeg gan J.E.

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