Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn)
'And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire there came a viper out of the heat and fastened on his hand. And when...
About this artwork
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artist:Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn) (1823 - 1909) Scottish
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title:'And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire there came a viper out of the heat and fastened on his hand. And when the Barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand they siad among themselves no doubt his Man is a murderer whom though he hath escaped the sea yet vengeance suffereth not to live. And he shook off the beast inot the fire and felt no harm.
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Albumen print
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measurements:13.00 x 17.80 cm
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credit line:Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell, 1985
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accession number:PGP R 897.15
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Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn)
Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn)
Jemima Wedderburn was born in Edinburgh. Although she received no formal training in art, she was a watercolourist of outstanding ability. She had connections with many of the Victorian artistic and intellectual élite and formed life-long friendships with Landseer, Millais and Ruskin, who described...
