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Tullie House Museum : 1970.80.3
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Drawing, Henry Robinson, Bishop of Carlisle, Cumberland, by Robert Carlyle snr, about 1792.
Bishop Robinson kneels in the foreground, wearing clerical robes and skullcap and supporting a staff with one arm whilst holding a candle in his other hand. As he looks out towards the viewer he makes the sign of the benediction. Behind him, to right, stands Carlisle cathedral and its associated buildings. To left are gathered a group of agricultural workers and their flocks. An angel looks down from above. Verses and inscriptions are scattered throughout.
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dedication and biblical inscriptions in Latin
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