This is a rare Baxter’s Process print made by Bradshaw and Blacklock of England from the Raphael cartoon (sketch), “Miraculous Draught of Fishes”. Bradshaw and Blacklock licensed the Baxter’s process from Baxter in 1850’s or so. This print was thought to have been created in 1855. It measures 6 7/16″ x 5 1/16″.
The Miraculous Draught of Fishes is either of two miracles attributed to Jesus in the Canonical gospels. The miracles are reported as taking place years apart from each other, but in both miracles apostles are fishing unsuccessfully in the Sea of Galilee when Jesus tells them to try one more cast of the net, at which they are rewarded with a great catch (or “draught”, as in “haul” or “weight”). Either is thus sometimes called a “miraculous draught of fish”.
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