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Thin wood gilt frame with scrolled gesso corners. Under glass. Black and white engraving of "John Knox Administering the First Protestant Sacrament, During the Siege of the Castle of St. Andrews, 1547." It is of a scene inside a large hall. In the center foreground are two seated women in white dresses and veils, one about to drink from a large chalice. To the left, standing on a platform, is John Knox with his arms outstretched, looking at the women. To the right, are three men seated at a table, one in armor rests his head in his arms on the table. In the background are numerous other people observiing the scene.
prints (visual works)
engraving (printing process)
gesso
gilding
glass (material)
paper (fiber product)
photographs
wood (plant material)
castles (fortifications)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
people (agents)
Protestantism
religions (concept)
Unidentified Paper
Glass
Gesso
Gilded
Stipple Engraved
People
Castle
Religion
Protestantism
photographic print
PICTURE, RELIGIOUS
Below the title is a caption: His labours were so successful during the time that he preached at St. Andrews that besides the garrison in the castle a great number of inhabitants of the town renounced Popery, and made profession of their Protestant faith, by participating of the Lord's Supper. This was the first time that the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was dispensed according to the reformed faith in Scotland.
Subject St. Andrew's Castle,
John Knox
St. Andrew's Castle
Ryall, H. T. (Engraver)
Bonner, William, Esq. (Printer)
London, England
25.875 x 32.188 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1632
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