Elevation with composition sketches for Panels 1 and 2, from 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

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1902–6

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Pastel on brown paper

Dimensions

12 3/8 x 19 in.

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Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015

Description

[lower left in graphite]: Burning of Tyndale; [lower right in graphite]: Henry VIII – Reformation / in England & Germany; [verso bottom left in graphite]: MH413This image depicts an elevation study with composition sketches for "William Tyndale Printing His Translation of the Bible into English at Cologne" and "Smuggling the New Testament into England," Panel 1, and "The Burning of the Books at Oxford," [and Tyndale tied to stake], Panel 2.

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