A handwritten manuscript version of the interpretative essay by Perry for the baptistry painting done for the church of Hayes Center, Nebraska. Describes painting based on a scene "copied from a post card view sent from the Holy Land."
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A handwritten manuscript version of the interpretative essay by Perry for the baptistry painting done for the church of Hayes Center, Nebraska. Describes painting based on a scene "copied from a post card view sent from the Holy Land."
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5 p.
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Essay describes possibly the last baptistry painting done by Perry.
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Born in 1890, Blanche Perry built a reputation as a painter of religious themes that included at least 222 church baptisteries. This collection includes records of names, addresses, correspondence, and other notes associated with the various painting projects Perry undertook.
Perry, Myrta Blanche.[Baptistry Interpretation Draft #2 for Hayes Center, Nebraska],
text,
September 21, 1964;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth702601/:
accessed May 25, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
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