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Composition sketch for Tyndale at the stake and English court scene, for the mural series The Founding of the State of Liberty Spiritual, Governor's Reception Room, Pennsylvania State Capitol
Composition sketch for Tyndale at the stake and English court scene, for the mural series The Founding of the State of Liberty Spiritual, Governor's Reception Room, Pennsylvania State Capitol

Composition sketch for Tyndale at the stake and English court scene, for the mural series The Founding of the State of Liberty Spiritual, Governor's Reception Room, Pennsylvania State Capitol

Governor's Grand Executive Reception Room, Pennsylvania State Capitol, "The Founding of the State of Liberty Spiritual"
,
Harrisburg, PA

Object Details

Title:
Composition sketch for Tyndale at the stake and English court scene, for the mural series The Founding of the State of Liberty Spiritual, Governor's Reception Room, Pennsylvania State Capitol
Date:
1902–6
Artist:
Medium:
Black and white pastel on brown paper
Dimensions
12 3/8 x 19 in.
Classification
No items found.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[lower left in black pastel]: Burning of Tyndale; [lower right in black pastel]: Henry VIII – separation of English Church. [bottom right in graphite]: MH410

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