From:Williamson Art Gallery and Museum
Name/TitleActs
About this objectRaymond Hawthorn (1917-1997) was a British wood engraver and printmaker. Born in Dorset in 1917, he studied art at the Coventry School of Art from 1935-9 and Hornsey School of Art from 1939-40. He was local to the Wirral, being a member of the Wirral Society of Arts and a teacher at the Laird School of Art. Throughout his career, he created collections of engravings to be used as illustrations in books, for example, Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, trans. Richard Aldington, 1962), The Life of Alexander the Great (trans. Aubrey de Sélincourt, 1970) and, The Rise and Fall of Athens (Ian Scott-Kilvert, 1967). His artistic process involved engraving woodblocks for prints as well as watercolour paintings. His work is complex, detailed and uses a monochrome palette. This design comes from a collection made for a Pelican Edition of Commentaries on the New Testament published in the late 20th century.
This watercolour depicts events from Acts, which recounts the founding of the Christian church. The gallery has a woodblock and a print of this design in its collection.
MakerHawthorn, Raymond (1917-1997)
Maker Roleengraver
Period20th century
Medium and Materialswatercolour on paper
Style and Iconographyreligious
Inscription and Marks"Rough for acts of the apostles"
"Raymond Hawthorn"
"(illegible)/8".
Techniquewatercolour
Measurementswatercolour height: 9cm
watercolour width: 11cm
mount height: 12cm
mounted width: 18cm.
Subject and Association KeywordsChristianity
Subject and Association Keywordsapostles
Subject and Association Keywordsboat
Subject and Association Keywordsstar
Subject and Association Keywordschurch
Credit LinePresented by Mark R. Hammer, 2026
Object Typewatercolour
Object numberBIKGM.9380
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved