"KNOX PREACHING BEFORE THE LORDS OF THE CONGREGATION"

"KNOX PREACHING BEFORE THE LORDS OF THE CONGREGATION"

"KNOX PREACHING BEFORE THE LORDS OF THE CONGREGATION"

Engraving by W. Greatbach

From the painting by D. Wilkie.
1863 English engraving.

Image Size - 9-1/2" x 7"

Paper Size - 12-3/4" x 9-1/4"

John Knox is considered to be the greatest Reformer in the history of Scotland. The exact place and date of his birth is not known with certainty, but it is generally accepted to be Giffordgate, 16 miles east of Edinburgh, in 1513 to 1514. Knox dies at Edinburgh on November 24, 1572. His father was William Knox, who fought at the Battle of Flodden, and his mother was an educated woman named Sinclair. John Knox is the author of “The History of the Reformation in Scotland”.

Printed on heavy stock showing a superb level of detail.  There is much happening in the image with very dramatic costumes and facial expressions on many of the subjects.