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J. Gresse; John Boydell; John Browne; after Andries Both; after Jan Dirksz Both
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English: 'Philip Baptizing the Eunuch'

Landscape with Saint Philip baptizing the Eunuch of the Queen of Ethiopia; episode from the New Testament.

Saint Philip was instructed by an angel to travel southward into the desert along the road from Jerusalem to Gaza. On his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, the treasurer to the Ethiopian queen Candace. Philip converted the eunuch with his preaching and baptized him in a river.

Philip Baptizing the Eunuch
Date 1 February 1772
date QS:P571,+1772-02-01T00:00:00Z/11
Dimensions Sheet: 490 x 611 mm
Notes Box Title: Herschel Collection 1.
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/146082
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id number: PAH6135
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Herschel family

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