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George Baxter British
After Sir Joshua Reynolds British
Not on view
Based on a painting by Reynolds of an Old Testament subject, we see the boy Samuel at prayer with divine light streaming from upper left. This print was produced using a unique devised by George Baxter, known as Baxterotype, that combined woodcut and steel engraving.
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Title: Prayer (Infant Samuel)
Artist:
George Baxter (British, Lewes 1804–1867 London)
Artist:
After Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London)
Date: 1854
Medium: Baxterotype
Dimensions: Sheet: 6 × 4 3/16 in. (15.3 × 10.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession Number: 18.17.2-173
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