Frederic Shields’s Chapel of the Ascension

In 1889 the Pre-Raphaelite artist Frederic Shields (1833–1911) received a commission to paint the walls of a chapel in London. The patron, Emelia Gurney (1823–1896), was a devout Christian who envisaged a non-denominational place of worship and reflection, a place of refuge from the accelerated pace...

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Main Author: Frederick, Margaretta S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2018
In: Religion and the arts
Year: 2018, Volume: 22, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 176-193
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Gurney, Emelia Russell 1823-1896 / Horne, Herbert Percy 1864-1916 / Bayswater (London) / Chapel / Resurrection / Shields, Frederic 1833-1911 / Religious painting
Further subjects:B Shields, Frederic Chapel Ascension Horne, Herbert Gurney, Emelia pre-Raphaelite salvation Paradise marouflage
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