Artist: George Baxter, after. George Baxter (1804–1867) was an English artist and printer based in London. He is credited with the invention of commercially viable colour printing.
Title: Robert Moffat (1795 – 1883) was a Scottish Congregationalist missionary to Africa, father of Mary Moffat Livingstone and father-in-law of David Livingstone, and first translator of the Bible into Setswana.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Brethren! "how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard?" Robert Moffat [facsimile of signature].
Dimensions: 6 3/8" x 4" (trimmed).
Date: Mid XIX C.
Materials and Techniques: steel engraving on wove paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: wear, trimmed margins. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: frontispiece from The Gospel Among The Bechuanas And Other Tribes Of South Africa By Robert Moffat. Philadelphia, American Sunday School Union, 1846.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: British School XIX C. American School XIX C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia.