John Islip on his death bed surrounded by saints and monks: the Virgin Mary intercedes for him. Etching by James Basire the elder, 1808.

Selected images from this work

A bishop admisters extreme unction while the Virgin Mary intercedes on behalf of the dying man

In the corners of the border are emblems of the four evangelists

[London] : Society of Antiquaries, 23 April 1808.

1 print : etching with engraving ; image and border 40.8 x 32 cm

Yslip o fili veniens miserere Johanni. James Basire sc. Bears number: Pl. XVII Vol. IV

G. Ayliffe Poole, A history of ecclesiastical architecture in England, London 1848, pp. 291-292

Wellcome Collection 44181i

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