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Our Father which art in heaven…

Description: Image of the Lord's Prayer interspersed with illustrations of the text; YHWH in Hebrew surrounded by rays and worshipped by kneeling angels at top center; priest in a pulpit, the Eucharist; a debt collector at a home, a man shunning temptation offered by two others, a man cowering before a devil, and two angels with wings outstretched over "Amen" at center; elaborate decorative columns with carvings of Saints Matthew, Luke, Mark, and John at left and right.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1840-1845
Call number: priJLC_REL_002892
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

Our father who art in heaven

Visual Materials

Image of the Lord's Prayer in a graphic mix of fonts and styles interspersed with symbols, verses, and proverbs, including an eye, sheep, dove, beehive, Noah's ark, sun and moon, scales, arrows, coffin, skull and crossbones, and several others.

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Our Father which art in heaven…

Visual Materials

The Jay T. Last collection of religion prints and ephemera contains approximately 60 printed items related to beliefs and practices usually involving devotional and ritual observances concerning God, creation of the universe, spirituality, and the moral conduct of human affairs. The materials were made and used in the United States from approximately 1828 to 1921, with the bulk of the content dating from 1850 to 1900. Certificates pertaining to biblical societies and other theological organizations are represented, as are items relating to baptism and other formal or ceremonial religious rites and initiations. Images of sacred scenes, verses, and parables; portraits of saints or spiritual leaders; and views of houses of worship are also found here. Especially noteworthy are eight woodcut and hand-colored Pennsylvania-German certificates of birth and baptism dating from 1837-1853 (priJLC_002917-002923 and priJLC_004970), mostly printed and/or handwritten in German. They relate to illuminated Fraktur drawings popular in Pennsylvania-German culture during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The collection supports various fields of research related to religion and Christianity in the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This includes regional baptism records, places and patterns of worship, and Christian iconography. The images also provide a rich visual resource for studying American interpretations of Bible stories and figures common during this period. As graphic materials, the collection highlights developing techniques and trends in printmaking while documenting the artists, engravers, lithographers, printers, and publishers involved in the creative process.

priJLC_REL_004985

Illustrated chart of our American republic

Visual Materials

Image of five color printed vignettes related to American patriotism, union, and temperance at center featuring an American bald eagle, doves, angels, and soldiers with text banners and captions; 20 uncolored portraits of soldiers, men, women, and allegorical figures at left and right.

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The illustrated Lord’s prayer

Visual Materials

Image of the Lord's Prayer with small accompanying illustrations and different fonts to mimic the meaning of the text; elaborate oval decoartive border with roses and other flowers at top center.

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Our suspenders are made with improved ends, and celebrated for their beauty of finish & durability of material

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Image of a man brushing his hair in front of a mirrored dresser with a woman dressed in a ruffled dress with bustle helping him dress by fastening his suspenders; interlocking "WB&C" monogram at bottom center for West, Bradley & Cary Manufacturing Company.

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The father of waters

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Image of five Native American Indian men traveling on a raft along a river; one is seated holding a rifle, three men pole the boat along the water, and the last man stands in the center wearing a feathered headdress; a box and a barrel advertising Anheuser-Busch are the only other cargo on the raft.

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