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William Tyndale, the Venerable Translator of the Bible into English who was burned ar Vilvoord in the Year 1536, for Dissenting from Religion as by Law Established. Engraved by W.m Dennis Jun.r from a very old painting in the possession of George Offor Esq.r Grove Street, Hackney. On one side of the portrait is respesented the Pope & Satan striving to extinguish the light (an allusion to their fruitless endeavours to supress the Scriptures. Proof.
London, Tilt & Bogue, Fleet Street [n.d., 1843].
Stipple, proof on chine collé. 230 x 190mm (9 x 7½") very large margins. Slight spotting on backing sheet.
Half-length portrait of William Tyndale (c.1494-1536), wearing a cap. The owner of the painting, George Offor (1787-1864), was a bookdealer specialising in early English bibles, with a particular interest in Tyndale. While researching the martydom of Tyndale he visited Brussels, got caught up in the Revolution of 1830 and was imprisoned in Vilvoord Castle, where Tyndale was incarcerated before his execution. Offor also collected the works of John Bunyan: after his death Sothebys had 500 lots of his 'Bunyaniana', but most was destroyed in a fire in the auction house in 1865.
[Ref: 59697] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
London, Tilt & Bogue, Fleet Street [n.d., 1843].
Stipple, proof on chine collé. 230 x 190mm (9 x 7½") very large margins. Slight spotting on backing sheet.
Half-length portrait of William Tyndale (c.1494-1536), wearing a cap. The owner of the painting, George Offor (1787-1864), was a bookdealer specialising in early English bibles, with a particular interest in Tyndale. While researching the martydom of Tyndale he visited Brussels, got caught up in the Revolution of 1830 and was imprisoned in Vilvoord Castle, where Tyndale was incarcerated before his execution. Offor also collected the works of John Bunyan: after his death Sothebys had 500 lots of his 'Bunyaniana', but most was destroyed in a fire in the auction house in 1865.
[Ref: 59697] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)