The shepherds attending at the birth of Christ look up at the angel. Stipple engraving by G.S. and J.G. Facius after J. Boydell after J. Reynolds.

  • Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792.
Date:
1 Sept.r 1786
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38177i
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Description

The angel is not shown in this section as it was depicted as being above the Holy Family in the central section of the window

Publication/Creation

London (Cheapside) : John Boydell, 1 Sept.r 1786.

Physical description

1 print : stipple engraving ; platemark 64.6 x 42.2 cm

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Lettering

Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Drawn by Josiah Boydell. Engraved by G.S. & J.G. Facius

References note

David Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds: a complete catalogue of his paintings; the subject pictures catalogued by Martin Postle, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000, p. 548, no. 2110
William Schupbach, 'Bring on the shepherds', Wellcome Library blog, 23 December 2013 https://wayback.archive-it.org/16107/20210314001401/http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/2013/12/bring-on-the-shepherds/

Reference

Wellcome Collection 38177i

Reproduction note

After: a painting by Reynolds for the west window of the chapel of New College Oxford (Mannings loc. cit.)

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