# Saint John the Evangelist, in Georgian Britain

John Skippe made this in 1771, aged 29. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

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## The work

- Date: 1771
- Medium: chiaroscuro woodcut in light and dark olive green
- Dimensions: sheet: 19.7 × 15.3 cm (7 3/4 × 6 in.) other (text beneath image): 3.2 × 15.2 cm (1 1/4 × 6 in.) mount (irreg.): 43.7 × 31.9 cm (17 3/16 × 12 9/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1973.58.2
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[John Skippe](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/john-skippe), British, 1742–1812

2 works in the collection.

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