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- Permanent Link:
- https://digital.soas.ac.uk/AA00001573/00004
Material Information
- Title:
- Portrait of Robert Moffat
- Abbreviated Title:
- Rev. Robert Moffat, the Apostle of Bechuana
Reverend Robert Moffat, the Apostle of Bechuana
- Creator:
- Baxter, George, 1804-1867 ( Artist )
- Place of Publication:
- [s.l.]
- Publisher:
- [painting]
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 painting ; 22.5cm x 28cm
Notes
- Abstract:
- Oil-colour print by George Baxter [published 1843]; the printed inscription has been cut off (The Rev. Robert Moffat, The Apostle of Bechuana)
- Biographical:
- George Baxter (1804-1867) was an engraver and printer who invented a process of colour printing that made reproductions of paintings available on a mass scale. He supplied colour illustrations to the publisher George Mudie and produced prints for the London Missionary Society. Baxter's process incorporated the aquatint method and involved superimposing the colours using wooden blocks. Baxter used carefully etched plates, a hand press, and the finest colours, oils and paper. He mixed the colours himself but left no record of their composition. The process quickly gained popularity and was widely useful in producing replications of paintings. [Source: National Portrait Gallery]
- Ownership:
- Custodial History: Print held as part of the LMS Museum (inventory item 136) before being transferred to SOAS Library in January 2008
- General Note:
- VIAF (name authority) : Moffat, Robert, 1795-1883 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/54450073
- General Note:
- VIAF (name authority) : Baxter, George, 1804-1867 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/19954952
- General Note:
- Bechuana is an ethnic and linguistic group in southern Africa, currently known as Tswana. Bechuanaland was a Tswana speaking region of southern Africa that became known upon independence as Botswana. Tswana is also spoken in the various parts of the Republic of South Africa, including the Northern Cape where the Kuruman Moffat Mission was located.
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding Location:
- Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
 This item is licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivative License. This license allows others to download this work and share them with others as long as they mention the author and link back to the author, but they can’t change them in any way or use them commercially.- Resource Identifier:
- CWMLMSHomeAfrica Pictures 6 ( SOAS Order with reference )
CWM/LMS/01/09/05/04/06 ( SOAS CALM reference )
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