A print from a disbound book of the British Empire published 1897. With an unrelated picture on the reverse, this has been trimmed from the original page size to fit boarded envelope, scan shows the trimmed page being sold.
Suitable for framing, the average page size is approx 10.75" x 8.25" or 27.5cm x 21cm, including text and border.
Average image size approx 8.75" x 6.5" or 22.5cm x 16.5cm
This is an antique print not a modern copy or reproduction and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print, please view the scans as they form part of the description.
1897 is the printing date, the original date of creation can be earlier.
All prints will be sent bagged and in a boarded envelope for maximum protection.
While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item.
Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used)
THE BAPTISM OF A BELIEVER: A SCENE ON A YORKSHIRE HILLSIDE.
This rather strange scene represents a ceremony of the Baptist body, according to whose special tenets the rite of baptism can only be administered to persons who are "converted-'-and-are believers in the doctrines of the Christian faith, and not to infants. In this instance the minister, with the person to be baptised, steps down into a little open-air baptistry, and each candidate in succession, is fully immersed. The most inclement season of the year is no obstacle to the performance of this religious duty; and on a very recent occasion it is recorded that five young men and one young woman were immersed in an out-door baptistry in Yorkshire in the month of February, when much snow had to be cleared away in order to approach the water.