Bicentenary Ribbon

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

	1662 AUGUST 24 BICENTENARY OF
We ought to obey God rather than man	[portrait]	They forsook all and followed Him
THE ACT OF	Baxter	UNIFORMITY
[portrait]	to the law and to the testimony	[portrait]
Dr. Owen		Charnock
For our rejoicing is this the testimony of our conscience	[portrait]	They rest from their labours and their works do follow them
	Howe
	Men of whom the world was not worthy
	T. STEVENS. MANFR. COVENTRY	R.B.
TO THE MEMORY OF THE HEROIC MEN WHO SUFFERED FOR CONSCIENCE SAKE IN1662

card mount:
35.0cm high by 22.0cm wide

silk:
28.0cm high by 11.5cm wide

These large silks are usually found unmounted, although Godden noted that the Bookseller of October 1862 carried an advertisement which listed this title as 'framed from 5/- each'.

Since they were available in 1862, and Stevens pictures as such were first introduced in 1879, these silks pre-date the Stevengraphs by some 17 years.

The silk above is mounted, and on the reverse cover has the stamped logo which was used on the early 1860's on Stevens bookmark backing papers. The card mount though is not the one traditionally associated with Stevengraphs.

There is a second, almost identical silk to this [su6 on this site]; the difference being on the words at the very bottom of the silk.

As can be seen in the image above, Stevens name appears woven on the silk immediately above the title. On the same row is the initials "R.B.". This is the credit for the designers, R. Barton.