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The sculpture depicts a bishop in religious attire, featuring a mitre on his head and robes with intricate draping. The figure raises one hand in a gesture of blessing, while the other holds a staff. Detailed patterns surround the upper part of the sculpture, carved from stone. The depiction is in black and white, resembling pencil sketching. The bishop stands on an ornate base.
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The sculpture depicts a bishop in religious attire, featuring a mitre on his head and robes with intricate draping. The figure raises one hand in a gesture of blessing, while the other holds a staff. Detailed patterns surround the upper part of the sculpture, carved from stone. The depiction is in black and white, resembling pencil sketching. The bishop stands on an ornate base.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bishop Wulstan, in Worcester Cathedral

Maria Denman after John Flaxman

Date
published 1829
Medium
lithograph [proof before letters]
Dimensions
sheet: 25.3 × 18.9 cm (9 15/16 × 7 7/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1980.45.1680
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Flaxman's "Lectures on Sculpture:" pl.1

Subjects and terms

  • architecture
  • British
  • Costume
  • Statue
  • Portrait
  • Man

NGA object ID 59428. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.