New College Window, Oxford: Adoration of the Shepherds
This print reproduces part of a large, multi-paneled painted glass window that Sir Joshua Reynolds designed for the western end of New College Chapel, Oxford. He received the commission in 1777 and the final installation was complete by 1785 with Thomas Jervais (or Jarvis), painting the images on glass. A Nativity scene centers the design with shepherds and children adoring the Christ child at left and right. Below, a row of standing female figures represent Faith, Hope and Charity and the four Cardinal Virtues. Reynolds based the faces of the two kneeling shepherds seen here on Jervais and himself.
Artwork Details
- Title: New College Window, Oxford: Adoration of the Shepherds
- Engraver: Georg Siegmund Facius (German, Regensburg, ca. 1750–ca. 1813 (active London))
- Engraver: Johann Gottlieb Facius (German, 1750–1802)
- Artist: After Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London)
- Draftsman: Intermediary draftsman Josiah Boydell (British, Hawarden, Flintshire 1752–1817 Middlesex)
- Publisher: John Boydell (British, Dorrington, Shropshire 1720–1804 London)
- Sitter: Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London)
- Sitter: Thomas Jervais (Irish, born Dublin, died 1799)
- Date: September 1, 1785
- Medium: Stipple engraving and etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 25 3/16 × 16 7/16 in. (63.9 × 41.8 cm)
Sheet: 25 15/16 × 17 1/16 in. (65.9 × 43.3 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
- Object Number: 60.673.20
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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