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Circa: 1888
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Frame Measurements: Height – 36 ¼” Width – 30 ¼” Depth – 2 ¾” / Matting Measurements: Height - 27 ¼” Width - 21 ½”
Manufacturer: Friedrich W. Wehle, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

This is a very rare, compelling, and extra large antique Victorian engraving titled, "The Lord’s Supper". It is highly detailed. All of the faces are full of character and emotion. The details in this wonderful engraving are stunning! The engraving is crisp and beautiful and the scene is captivating. The engraving is signed and dated by the artist in the lower right hand corner of the picture, "F.W. Wehle, 1888". His full name is Friedrich W. Wehle (b.1831 - d.1901) Wehle was a famous German-American church artist. Below the engraving, in small letters, it reads, "Copyrighted & Published 1888 By F.W. Wehle, Milwaukee, Wis.". Under that, in large letters, is the title, "The Lord’s Supper." written in two different languages. Both the engraving and the matting are in excellent original condition. This very large engraving is in its original, ornate wood and gesso frame. The frame is massive, very elaborate, highly detailed, and extremely complimentary to this piece. The frame retains the original gold finish with a wonderful old patina. The frame is in excellent original condition with an extremely tiny chip of gesso missing. It has the original wavy glass, wood backing, and wire hanger. This is a rare and exceptional piece! Circa 1888.

*** I’ve included A SHORT HISTORY OF ARTIST, FRIEDRICH W. WEHLE:

"While the majority of nineteenth century church decorations in North America were created for Roman Catholic churches, we find religious art works in Protestant houses of worship as well. Trinity Lutheran Church in Milwaukee still owns three lovely 1880 altar paintings by Friedrich W. Wehle of Milwaukee. These paintings are neither murals nor canvases. They were painting on a tripartite screen that is placed behind the alter during the four weeks before Christmas. The central panel depicts the Nativity scene with shepherds and the Magi adoring the newborn Christ child. The left panel shows the angel appearing to the shepherds, and on the right panel the child is being presented in the Temple. These are dramatic renditions in the Italian Renaissance tradition and very different from Johann Schmitt's Nazarene style. Wehle placed his figures in a deep space and added dramatic lighting. Three other Wehle paintings, the Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ hang above the altar during the remainder of the church year.

Friedrich W. Wehle was born in Neu Jonsdorf, Saxony, in 1831 and immigrated to the U.S. in 1866. As a young man in Germany, he received some instruction in painting in Dresden. After his arrival in the U.S., he spent two years as a student of theology at Concordia College in St. Louis, but dropped out because of poor health. Before settling in Milwaukee in 1879, he lived in Quincy and Belleville, Illinois. Beside the altar panels for the Trinity Lutheran church in Milwaukee, Wehle painted a resurrection scene for the Trinity church in Freistadt, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, another Missouri Synod church."

~ This article was cited from the following website: www-lib.iupui.edu/kade/springer/contents.html (Table of Contents for Book) - Ch. 6; Pg. 2

*** I've included a nice article I found about THE MEANING OF THE LORD'S SUPPER:

The Lord's Supper is a reminder of what Jesus did in the past, a symbol of our present relationship with him and a promise of what he will do in the future. Let's examine these three aspects.

1.) The bread and wine are memorials of Jesus' death on the cross (Luke 22:19-20; 1 Cor. 11:26). In the Lord's Supper, we each eat a piece of bread in remembrance of Jesus. When we drink the "fruit of the vine," we remember that Jesus' blood was shed for us, and that it signifies the new covenant. The Lord's Supper looks back to the death of Jesus Christ on the cross.

Jesus' death shows how much God loves us — so much that he sent his Son to die for us, so that our sins may be forgiven and we may live forever with him. This is good news! Although we may be saddened by the enormous price that had to be paid for us, we are happy that it was indeed paid. When we remember Jesus' death, we also remember that Jesus was dead for only three days. We rejoice that Jesus has conquered death, and has set free all who were enslaved by a fear of death (Heb. 2:14-15). Our mourning has turned to joy (John 16:20). Christians look back to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus as the defining moment in our history. This is how we escape death and the slavery of sin, and this is how we are freed to serve the Lord. The Lord's Supper is a memorial of this defining moment in our history.

2.) The Lord's Supper also pictures our present relationship with Jesus Christ. The crucifixion has a continuing significance to all who have taken up a cross to follow Jesus. We continue to participate in his death (Rom. 6:4; Gal. 2:20; Col. 2:20) because we participate in his life (Gal. 2:20; Eph. 2:6; Col. 2:13; 3:1). Paul wrote, "Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?" (1 Cor. 10:16). With the Lord's Supper, we show that we share in Jesus Christ. We participate with him, commune with him, become united in him. The Lord's Supper helps us look upward, to Christ.

In John 6, Jesus used bread and wine to graphically illustrate our need to be spiritually nourished by him: "Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.... Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him" (verses 53-56). The Lord's Supper reminds us that real life is found only in Jesus Christ, with him living in us. When we are aware that Jesus lives in us, we also pause to think what kind of home we are giving him. We allow him to change our lives so that we live the way he wants us to. Paul wrote, "A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup" (1 Cor. 11:28). The Lord's Supper helps us look inward, to examine ourselves because of the great meaning in this ceremony.

As we examine ourselves, we need to look around, to other people, to see whether we are treating one another in the way that Jesus commanded. If you are united with Christ and I am united with Christ, then we are united to each other, too. The Lord's Supper, by picturing our participation in Christ, also pictures our participation (other translations may say communion or sharing or fellowship) with each other (1 John 1:3, 7). Paul wrote in 1 Cor. 10:17, "Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf." The Lord's Supper pictures the fact that we are one body in Christ, one with each other, with responsibilities toward one another.

3.) Third, the Lord's Supper also reminds us of the future, of Jesus' return. Jesus said he would not drink the fruit of the vine again until he came in the fullness of the kingdom (Matt. 26:29; Luke 22:18; Mark 14:25). Whenever we participate, we are reminded of Jesus' promise. Paul wrote that "For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes" (1 Cor. 11:26). The Lord's Supper helps us look forward.

The Lord's Supper is rich in meaning. That is why it has been an important part of the Christian tradition throughout the centuries.

~ This article was cited from the following website: Wcg.org/Lit/Church/LordsSup/LSqanda.htm

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