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Title: This is to certify that Mark Gridley of West Hartford…
Creator: Gimber, Stephen Henry, 1810-1862, artist
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1831
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
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Description: Image of a certificate issued to Mark Gridley of West Hartford, Connecticut, certifying him as a lifetime member of the American Bible Society; an angel in flight holding an "Everlasting Gospel" scroll illuminates a cross on Earth below while a man kneels at the glory of an illuminated book emerging from the clouds above him.
"Designed by Miss A. Hall. Engraved by S.H. Gimber."--text, center of image. "This is to certify that Mark Gridley of West Hartford, Cont, by virtue of a contribution of thirty Dollars, made by him thro' the Connecticut Bible Society, is a Member for Life of the American Bible Society. New York, Dec. 29 1831..."--text, printed and handwritten in ink, center of image.
Type: image
Extent: 1 engraving : uncolored ; overall 42.86 x 26.67 cm (16 7/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_REL_002891
418224
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/4925
Language: English
Subject: Angels--Pictorial works
Crosses--Pictorial works
Men--Pictorial works
Intaglio prints--1825-1850. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Religion
Large Size
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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