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Lithograph

Title:
The Bible as a Library
Object Name:
Lithograph
Object ID:
2017.043
Creator:
Seibert, Henry (1833-1909)Lithographer
Place of Origin:
New York, NY
Date:
1898
Description:
Lithograph, "THE BIBLE / AS A LIBRARY", by Rev. John Bunyan Lemon (1862-1936) of Manchester, NH. Depicts the books of the Bible as bound volumes on library shelves, with the Old Testament supporting the New Testament. Imprinted below image, "COPYRIGHT 1898, BY J. BUNYAN LEMON. / HENRY SEIBERT & BRO. CO. N.Y." Text below explaining sizes and arrangement of the books, with various statistics.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-21.7 W-27.75 inches
Provenance:
One of ~100 copies found in an attic in Biddeford, ME, during a renovation.

John Bunyan Lemon (1862-1936) was a minister who lived in Manchester, NH, and summered in Biddeford, ME.
Credit Line:
Gift of Katrina C. Richardson
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