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Out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword
from Illustrations from The Revelation of St John the Divine

Out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword from Illustrations from <em>The Revelation of St John the Divine</em>

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales / Estate of Blair Hughes-Stanton. Courtesy: School of Art Collection, Aberystwyth University

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1932

Illustrated book printed by the Gregynog Press of the Book of Revelation. Includes full page illustrations and smaller illustrations incorporated into the text, most with specific biblical references.

technique: relief printing

artist: Blair Hughes-Stanton
publisher: Gregynog Press
Copyright: Estate of Blair Hughes-Stanton

School of Art Collection, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion

Whole page illustration p.42. Text from Revelation 19:15.

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Further reading

Christopher Rowland, 'Images of the Apocalypse:Blair Hughes-Stanton (1902-81) and John Hancock (1899-1918)' (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), pp. pp. 155-169.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales / Estate of Blair Hughes-Stanton. Courtesy: School of Art Collection, Aberystwyth University

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Out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword from Illustrations from The Revelation of St John the Divine

Out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword
from Illustrations from The Revelation of St John the Divine