Micrography portrait of John Wesley

Contributed by Epworth Old Rectory

Print of portrait of John Wesley in minute characters comprising his biography by Louis Gluck Rosenthal

It took over three years to write this biography and it contains over 13,800 wordsThis portrait is of the eighteenth century clergyman, John Wesley, who
was a key figure in the development of the Methodist movement.

It tells his life story in minute characters which also draw his portrait and was created by Louis Gluck Rosenthal (1804-1874), who was an artist and a Hebrew scholar.

It demonstrates the impact that John Wesley had on so many people through the commitment it must have taken to produce this work.

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