Lithograph
Timber frame
Card
Maker & role
Unknown, Maker
Production date
circa 1890
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Object detail
Title
Framed devotional verse: 'God is Love'
Production place
Collection
Measurements
H: 34.6 x W: 65 x D: 2cm (H: 346 x W: 650 x D: 20mm)
Credit line
Gift, NSW Department of Planning and Environment, 1987
Rouse Hill Estate Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Rouse Hill Estate Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Rouse Hill Estate Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Rouse Hill Estate Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Description
An illuminated religious text in a slim, stained timber Oxford frame, with the verse ‘God is Love’, the New Testament reference ‘1 John, IV, 8’, and surrounded by geranium and pelargonium flowers and leaves, and forget-me-not flowers, on a black background. The paper mount is decorated with gilt lines whose ends cross to mimic the frame.
The text is an excerpt from the New Testament First Epistle of John, chapter 4, verse 8: “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love” [King James Bible].
This, along with other devotional texts (see matching frame and print R98/9) and photographs in the Rouse Hill collection, is held in an Oxford frame, a frame where the sides project at the corners forming a distinctive cross-shape. Popular from the 1860s through till the 1920s, these were used for displaying illuminated verses, prints, and photographs. This can be dated to c1880-90 based on similar works in collection.
Whilst common in domestic decoration in the late 1800s, especially in evangelical households, the sheer number of these texts on display at Rouse Hill House reflects the role and importance of religion for the Rouse/Terry family: the Rouses were significant benefactors to, and office holders of nearby Christ Church, Rouse Hill which was their family church and scene of marriages, christenings and funerals.
The text is an excerpt from the New Testament First Epistle of John, chapter 4, verse 8: “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love” [King James Bible].
This, along with other devotional texts (see matching frame and print R98/9) and photographs in the Rouse Hill collection, is held in an Oxford frame, a frame where the sides project at the corners forming a distinctive cross-shape. Popular from the 1860s through till the 1920s, these were used for displaying illuminated verses, prints, and photographs. This can be dated to c1880-90 based on similar works in collection.
Whilst common in domestic decoration in the late 1800s, especially in evangelical households, the sheer number of these texts on display at Rouse Hill House reflects the role and importance of religion for the Rouse/Terry family: the Rouses were significant benefactors to, and office holders of nearby Christ Church, Rouse Hill which was their family church and scene of marriages, christenings and funerals.
Accession number
R91/3
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