The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-01-03
CHRIST BEFORE PLATE
PAINTED BY MUNKACsY.

gwen 10 the WOTlu III UlOuefH tilles
IL covers about twenty by thirty feet
of canvas, the figures al being lite
size Everybody is familiar with the
story. The scene is early morning il
the prN Drum or otlltial residence OF
the Romsn governor at Jerusalem
The picture is drawn from descrip
lions in tho New Testament OF the
appearance aud trial OF Chris
before Plate 1t is there re-
I lated that "when he WAS accused
OF the priests and elders, he answered
nothing" "And Plate answered aud
said again unto them: What will ye
that sh 81 do unto hun whom We call
! King of the jews and they cried on,
again, cruelty himw In the centre of
! the picture is the figure of the
saviour, with his hands Bound. erect,
composed, gazing steadfastly on the
him crowd the rabbIe of Jerusalem,
some frantic, others attracted by idle
curiosity, others apparently bent
merely on killing time. In the imme
dia;e foreground is Roman soldier
holding the mob in check with the
shaft OF his spear. I'ontius Pllate sits
| ~ the representative OF Cesar on INC
jug iii'n' 'nio"o H.
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mummy "S"in'v " 20 ' ~, ,NorIa IN
S9i9; 'iio U." n;In.o stonds Gnionbne
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c,ueI "A ;N,aes, '"I paon Chris,
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''im vs. ioni,,r nv"r thn rn;,
'un6 iom' ni., ,e',''"e fono ~, 1ns"s
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80 i''1" m .aSt and yns,ing Gia hnsd
.',, ;wes tho vail ~ scrih @hn views
~ '''' sno,o r,;th nm .nr of wcnrv indtf
,"roucn 4 Lnnt Of old man g. saatnJ
En- ON anoI.. rho room tn tho left Of
no hantrr Thev are annnrnu,iy ar
,u,iup Christ,s claim that ne isthe
Hrc,,,1;sod Moesi.h Cnnsn,cuoueIv
roisnd ohovn me heads Of lie crowd
ID soon a vo,np mothor With = boau;i
fnI fsca boldi1o a child in her srms
and jooR;no at .Iesus with tenderness
and comnassion Throuoh tho whole
nictnra are oronns Of fivmros and facos
radontinu tSa d;ffnrnni emotions rho,
animate each Individual
inns nicIure has been on oxhih;tinn
in tho prjncinal cities of Eurnno and
is now hoino cxhibired in America
i, ho, hoon 1iolrad NV miiHons ~ r '['
nta and " 80 croa,od maro sanoa, fGU
,hromnhont tha antire riviIi1"d w-or,d
hon sny ntbec ns;nt,ng nvor nrodna
ed In iba citv nt Nov Yort II pos
an exbibi,ion several months and wos
saou hv hnndrods Of thonsanna ~, noo 9
nIo II WINS recentlv sold tn LAIN
, Wannamaker of Philadelnhis for
.,on 600 ~ oasl ava
Michaal Won Munkscsv the na,ntor
Of this wonderful nicture was hnrn
j., 1s4I I'm the tortrasa of of Mimi. acs
jJngarv lie narents diod whan Lo
was i've voars ola and moor nncie
Who tooL cborgo Of hin, annron,inad
h;,ntoo oorno,tor Snnn s,,idan,a
5 AT college where he was working
taught him to read and write. tie
took all especial interest in history
and poetry. His first ideas of
painting we're obtained from a
por,rsit painter. who ipst1ucted
him in drawing and also
in literature. Hs soon egan
to give drawing lessons himself. His
2 first successful painting was that of
the entire family of a tailor. for which
he received coat in payment. AS