A bust of John Wesley with the inscription, "The Rev. John Wesley, M.A., Fellow of Lincoln College Oxford, and founder of Methodism. He sat for this bust to the late Enoch Wood, Esq. Burslem 1781 and died in 1791 aged 88 years."
Date Created
1845 – 1855
Subject - Topic/Names
Busts, Methodists, Wesley, John, 1703-1791
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Subject - Time Period
Nineteenth century
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A bust of John Wesley with the inscription, "The Rev. John Wesley, M.A., Fellow of Lincoln College Oxford, and founder of Methodism. He sat for this bust to the late Enoch Wood, Esq. Burslem 1781 and died in 1791 aged 88 years."
The online edition of this work in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by the Emory University Digital Library Publications Program.
This collection contains more than 260 items relating to John Wesley, his family, and Methodism. Approximately half of the collection consists of artifacts relating to John Wesley. The collection is organized in three series: I., Prominent Methodists; II., Methodist Events; and III., Miscellaneous artifacts. Series I, Prominent Methodists, is organized in two groups and three subgroups. Group A., Wesley family, includes subgroups John Wesley, Charles Wesley, and Other Wesleys. Group B. is Other Methodists. The collection includes images such as cameos, paintings, engravings, and photographs. Other artifacts include commemorative plates and plaques and other ceramic items, busts and figurines, medals, and other items.
Prominent individuals in the collection are John Wesley, Charles Wesley, Samuel Wesley (1662-1735), Samuel Wesley (1691-1739), Susanna Annesley Wesley, Sarah Wesley, George Whitefield, Francis Asbury, Peter Doub, Enoch George, John Fletcher, William McKendree, and George Foster Pierce.