[title not known] Possibly 1843

Editor: This print by John Linnell features a dramatic encounter between a figure in armor and a bishop. The cross-hatching creates such texture! What can you tell me about it? Curator: Notice the density of lines, the labor involved. It transforms a religious narrative into a material object, a commodity. How does its existence as a mass-produced print, versus a unique painting, alter the reception of the scene? Editor: That's a good point! It makes me think about accessibility and who this would have been made for. Curator: Exactly! The medium itself shapes the message and who it reaches.