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Engraved portrait of a bearded bishop with mitre and crosier, standing before a hilly landscape, with a shamrock and caption below.

Saint Patrick, Bishop and Confessor, Apostle of Ireland

An engraved print shows a bearded bishop in a mitre and embroidered vestments, holding a tall crosier and raising one hand. Below the figure, a shamrock emblem and the caption name him as St Patrick; a hilly landscape fades into the background.

Artist
Edward Francis Finden
Date
Aug.t 15th 1815
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2176 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1815.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Alchemy and Hidden Wisdom19th century1810s1815engravingprintlandscapebishopreligious portraitmitrecrosierireland

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