Christian Science Founder Mary Baker Eddy Rare Antique Photogravure Print C.1911

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Christian Science Founder Mary Baker Eddy Rare Antique Photogravure Print C.1911:
$29.95

Christian Science Mary BakerEddy Rare Antiquecopper plate photogravure print. C.1911

Sepia toned 8” picture on a12” x 16”heavy cream paper.

Etching plate marks clearly visibleat 8” x 11.5”

Condition: There is novisible damage to the picture or frame. No staining, fading, etc. It looks likeit was printed yesterday! The frame appears original to the piece. Hanger wirehas been replaced with a new heavier stranded wire for safety reasons.

By the summer of 1911, this version of the Barbour portrait had been reproduced as a “photogravure” in sepia tones by The Christian Science Publishing Society and was available for sale. TheChristian Science Sentinelannounced the “admirable portraiture” as “an authentic and satisfactory picture of Mrs. Eddy.”7(Color reproductions were not available until some decades later, in the 1940s.)

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Mary Baker Eddy(July 16,1821 – December 3, 1910) was the founder ofChristianScience, anew religious movementin the United States in the latterhalf of the 19th century.

Eddywrote the movement\'s textbookScience and Health with Key to theScriptures(firstpublished 1875) and founded theChurch of Christ, Scientistin 1879. She also founded theChristian Science Publishing Society(1898), which continues to publish anumber of periodicals, includingThe Christian Science Monitor(founded in 1908).