Rowland Hill, preaching to the colliers, Kingswood, Bristol, England, circa 1772
Illustration from Cassell's Century Edition History of England, pub circa 1901. Info from wiki: Rowland Hill (1744–1833) was a popular English preacher, enthusiastic evangelical and an influential advocate of smallpox vaccination. He was founder and resident pastor of a wholly independent chapel, the Surrey Chapel, London; chairman of the Religious Tract Society; and a keen supporter of the British and Foreign Bible Society and the London Missionary Society. The famous instigator of penny postage, Rowland Hill, is said to have been christened 'Rowland' after him.
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