Title

Children's missionary meeting [lithograph by De Gruchy & Leigh after drawing by William Strutt.]

Author

The Argus.

Source

Argus (Melbourne).

Details

26 March 1857, page 5, column 3.

Publication date

26 March 1857

Abbreviation

no work record

Type

News

Language

English

Country of context

Australia

Full text

CHILDREN'S MISSIONARY MEETING. - It will be remembered that, prior to the sailing of the missionary ship John Williams, she was visited by upwards of three thousand children, attending the various Sunday and other schools in and around Melbourne. A permanent memorial of this interesting incident has just been furnished to the public, in the shape of a lithographic engraving, representing the Rev. J. Barff, the missionary from Tahiti, in the act of addressing the children, who are assembled on the pier. The drawing has been made upon the stone by Mr. William Strutt, .from a sketch taken on the spot; and the printing has been executed by Messrs, De Gruchy and Leigh. The grouping and general arrangement of the picture is very good; and altogether the engraving is highly creditable to lithographic art in this colony.

[Argus (Melbourne), 26 March 1857, p.5, col.3.]