The practical book of early American arts and crafts . FIREBOARD PAINTED BY EDWARD HICKSCourtesy of Morgan Bunting, Esq., Darby, Pennsylvania. EARLY PORTRAITURE 263 Wissahickon Creek, upon a tract of land within thepresent limits of Philadelphia. The arrival of thesepeculiar people on St. Johns Eve and their kindling ofthe Beltane Fire, with its mystic rites, made a suitableand spectacular introduction for the curious touch oftransplanted medisevalism grafted upon the life of theColony so long as the brotherhood continued to head of this extraordinary society, JohannesKelpius, was
The practical book of early American arts and crafts . FIREBOARD PAINTED BY EDWARD HICKSCourtesy of Morgan Bunting, Esq., Darby, Pennsylvania. EARLY PORTRAITURE 263 Wissahickon Creek, upon a tract of land within thepresent limits of Philadelphia. The arrival of thesepeculiar people on St. Johns Eve and their kindling ofthe Beltane Fire, with its mystic rites, made a suitableand spectacular introduction for the curious touch oftransplanted medisevalism grafted upon the life of theColony so long as the brotherhood continued to head of this extraordinary society, JohannesKelpius, wasted by the practice of a too strict asceticismwith its rigid fasts and long vigils in a damp cave,whither he was wont to withdraw for meditation andprayer, died in 1706, at the age of thirty-three. Less than a year before the death of Kelpius, theportrait was painted by Dr. Witt, who had just joinedthe brotherhood upon his arrival from England. Inmany places the paint has flaked off from the linen backand the hues are dimmed and not a little discoloured, sothat it is now virtually a study in bluish greens andbrowns, but there is a vig
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