Preacher Collection (#37)

LAURENCE STERNE (1713-1768). English cleric and novelist. Line and stipple engraving after the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds

JOHN KEBLE (1792-1866). English poet and clergyman. Etching, 19th century

CIVIL WAR: CHAPLAINS, 1861. The Reverend L. F. Drake, Chaplain, 31st Ohio Volunteers, preaching at Camp Dick Robinson
CIVIL WAR: CHAPLAINS, 1861. The Reverend L.F. Drake, Chaplain, 31st Ohio Volunteers, preaching at Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky, 10 November 1861

CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH (1815-1882). American minister and writer

BUNYAN: PILGRIMs PROGRESS. Title-page of the first edition of John Bunyans The Pilgrims progress, London 1678

CHARLES KINGSLEY (1819-1875). English cleric and novelist. Mezzotint engraving by John Sartain, 1853

JOHN FOXE (1516-1587). English cleric and writer. Line engraving, 19th century

SYDNEY SMITH (1771-1845). English wit, essayist, and clergyman. Drawing, 19th century

EDWARD EGGLESTON (1837-1902). American Methodist cleric and writer. Wood engraving

EDWARD EVERETT HALE (1822-1909). American Unitarian cleric and writer. Wood engraving, 19th century

LAURENCE STERNE (1713-1768). British cleric and novelist. Stipple engraving, 1819

JONATHAN SWIFT (1667-1745). English churchman and writer. Stipple engraving, English, 19th century

JOHN BUNYAN (1628-1688). English preacher and writer. Drawing, 19th century

GUILLAUME FAREL (1489-1565). French Reformation leader. Wood engraving, 19th century

ANTOINETTE BROWN BLACKWELL (1825-1921). American minister and womens rights advocate. Steel engraving, 19th century

JOHANNES BUGENHAGEN (1485-1558). German Protestant reformer. Stipple engraving, English, 1823

JOHANNES OECOLAMPADIUS (1482-1531). Johannes Huszgen, known as Oecolampadius. German humanist, preacher, and religious reformer. Line engraving, German, 19th century

VIRGINIA: RURAL CHURCH. The church in Orange county, Virginia, of the blind preacher the Presbyterian preacher James Waddel, who served there from c1785 to his death in 1805

AUGUST HERMANN FRANCKE (1663-1727). German preacher, theologian, and educator. Line engraving, German, 19th century

LORENZO DOW (1777-1834). American evangelist. Line engraving, c1834

WILLIAM PERKINS (1558-1602). English Puritan theologian. Copper engraving, English, 17th century

JAMES BRADLEY FINLEY (1781-1856). American Methodist cleric. Steel engraving, 19th century

BLACK PREACHER, 1890. Line engraving, American, 1890

THERE SHE BLOWS, 1850. Wood engraving from Reverend Henry T. Cheevers book The Whale and His Captors; or, The Whalemans Adventures, and The Whales Biography, New York, 1850

CONNECTICUT: PEQUOT WAR. Colonial and religious leader Thomas Hooker addressing the soldiers of Connecticut Colony during the Pequot War (1636-37). Line engraving, early 19th century

QUAKER MEETING HOUSE. A Double-Decked Meeting-House. The congregation is divided between women on the ground floor and men upstairs. Wood engraving, 19th century

BLACK PREACHER, 1886. Line engraving, American, 1886

THE PASTORs VISIT. Steel engraving, 19th century, after the French painter Hyppolite Belang

JOSEPH SMITH PREACHING. Mormon leader Joseph Smith preaching in the American wilderness, 1830s. Wood engraving, American, 1853

CHURCH OF ENGLAND, c1830s. Church of England Marriage. Wood engraving, c1830s

MORMON CONFIRMATION. Wood engraving, American, 1853

COVENANTERS PREACHING. A gathering of Covenanters in the Scottish Highlands. Wood engraving, 19th century

BERLIN: SERMON ON BARGE. A Sunday sermon on a barge on the Spree River at Wasserthorbecken, Berlin, Germany. Wood engraving, German, 1886

PROTESTANT VERSUS CATHOLIC. A Protestant cleric, left, preaching Gods word, and a Catholic priest preaching what the Pope dictates. Wood engraving after a German pamphlet by Hans Sachs, c1520s

CARTOON: ROLLER SKATING. A Hint to Pastors with Slim Congregations - how to Fill Their Churches. Wood engraving, American, 1885

BACKWOODS PREACHER. Before I begin my sermon I must take off my stock. Wood engraving, American, late 19th century

CLERGYMAN, c1840. Wood engraving, American, c1840

IRELAND: ANTI-METHODIST. An 18th century Irish Methodist preacher meeting an adversary. Wood engraving, 19th century

PETER WALDO (d. c1218). French religious leader who founded the Waldenses. Waldo at the third Lateran Council at Rome in 1179 seeking confirmation of himself and his followers as lay preachers

PETER THE HERMIT (c1050-1115). French ascetic and crusader. Peter the Hermit preaching the First Crusade. 19th century engraving

NEW ENGLAND: PASTOR. The beloved pastor. Line engraving, 19th century

PURITAN CAMP, c1644. The Puritan army of Oliver Cromwell in camp during the English Civil War, c1644. Wood engraving, English, c1860

CIRCUS PERFORMER. Ella Zuila, an Australian tightrope performer, breaks a treadle of her velocipede during a performance at Tony Pastors Theatre in New York City. American newspaper engraving, 1879

GERMAN BAPTIST BRETHREN. A Love Feast among the Dunkers at Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Wood engraving after Howard Pyle, 1883

LAPLAND: WEDDING. A Marriage as celebrated amongst the Laplanders. Engraving, English, late 18th century for Dr. Richard Hurds Religious Rites & Ceremonies of All Nations

REVIVAL MEETING, 1888. A revival meeting at the Methodist Episcopal church on Jane Street, New York. Wood engraving, American, 1888

REVIVAL MEETING, 1882. A revivalist preaching a Sunday service on the levee at St. Louis, Missouri. Wood engraving, American, 1882

MATTHEW HENRY (1662-1714). English nonconformist theologian. Line engraving, English, early 19th century

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