{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O227096"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O227096/"}},"images":null,"see_also":null},"record":{"systemNumber":"O227096","accessionNumber":"E.832-1996","objectType":"Print","titles":[{"title":"The Blinding of Elymas","type":"popular title"},{"title":"Elymas the Sorcerer Struck Blind","type":"popular title"},{"title":"Raphael Cartoons","type":"generic title"},{"title":"The Conversion of the Proconsul","type":"popular title"},{"title":"The Conversion of Sergius Paulus","type":"popular title"}],"summaryDescription":"This picture represents Saint Paul's first miracle, performed in the presence of the Proconsul Sergius Paulus. Elymas, who was adviser to the Proconsul, and had previously ordered Paul to be whipped for his Christian faith, was struck blind by words spoken to him by Saint Paul. This event led to the Proconsul's conversion to Christianity.\n\nThis embossed image is in the same direction as the cartoon from which it is derived. The so-called Raphael Cartoons are seven full size designs for tapestries by the great Italian Renaissance artist Raphael (1483-1520). They illustrate passages from the Bible concerning the lives of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. None of them is smaller than ten feet high by thirteen feet wide. They belong to Her Majesty the Queen and have been on loan to this museum since 1865. The earliest print relating to the Raphael Cartoons dates from 1516, the year in which Raphael received final payment for the commission. It inaugurates an extraordinary case study in the history of printmaking, stretching over more than four hundred and fifty years and across a wide range of printmaking techniques.","physicalDescription":"Embossed paper tableau based on one of the Raphael Cartoons, consisting of a low relief image in white of the cartoon, surrounded by a border, with stylized floral decoration in white against green.\r\n\r\nAn interior with columns. Elymas is front right of the image, Saint Paul front left holding a book. The Proconsul L Sergius Paulus sits on his throne on a platform wearing a laurel crown, and surrounded by followers, two of whom hold large scrolls. The platform has stone carving, an inscription and a military trophy decoration (in this image barely visible).\n\nThis image is in the same direction as the cartoon from which it is derived.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Raphael","id":"A5306"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":"from a cartoon by"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Dobbs Bailey & Co.","id":"A35421"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"card","id":"x30344"},{"text":"laminate","id":"AAT14579"},{"text":"printing ink","id":"AAT187371"}],"techniques":[{"text":"embossing","id":"AAT53826"},{"text":"printing","id":"AAT53319"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"blind embossing and cameo embossing","categories":[{"text":"Prints","id":"THES48903"},{"text":"Religion","id":"THES48900"},{"text":"Christianity","id":"THES48978"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":[],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLC (VA)","id":"THES49171"},"free":"","case":"GG","shelf":"195","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"print","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1840s","earliest":"1840-01-01","latest":"1849-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"ROYAL LOANS.8","id":"O1069355"},"association":"Source"}],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"27.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"sheet","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"37.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"sheet","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"22","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"image with border","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"25.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"image with border","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"EMBOSSED TABLEAUX","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"In band within coloured border at top centre"},{"content":"DOBBS BAILEY & CO. LONDON","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Within coloured border, just below lower border, centre"},{"content":"ELYMAS THE SORCERER STRUCK BLIND / RAPHAEL","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"In band in coloured border below image, centred"},{"content":"No. 1803","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Embossed lower right corner within main image"}],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Embossed paper tableau from the Raphael Cartoons - Blinding of Elymas the Sorcerer; maker Dobbs Bailey & Co., London; British, 1840s.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Hall, John.<i> Embossed Images on Paper: A Display at the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London, 28 March - 29 October 1996, Part II</i>. London: Kingston University, 1996.","id":"AUTH328682"},"details":"p.61","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Shearman, John. <u>Raphael's Cartoons in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen and the tapestries for the Sistine Chapel</u>. London, Phaidon, 1972."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Fermor, Sharon. <u>The Raphael Tapestry Cartoons: Narrative, Decoration, Design</u>. London, Scala Books in association with the Victoria and Albery Museum."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"page 133","free":"Rickards, Maurice and Michael Twyman [Ed.]. <u>The Encyclopedia of Ephemera: A Guide to the Fragmentary Documents of Everyday Life for the Collector, Curator, and Historian</u>. London: British Library,  2000."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Paul (Saint)","id":"N401"},{"text":"Barnabas","id":"N453"},{"text":"Elymas","id":"N12180"},{"text":"Paulus, Sergius","id":"N14939"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"columns (architectural elements)","id":"AAT1571"},{"text":"throne","id":"AAT38141"},{"text":"crowd scenes","id":"x35547"},{"text":"interior views","id":"AAT124520"},{"text":"Raphael Cartoons","id":"x46441"}],"contentConcepts":[{"text":"miracle","id":"x37318"}],"contentLiteraryRefs":["Bible, Acts, 13"],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["E.832-1996"],"accessionNumberNum":"832","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":1996,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"Manufacturer's number","id":"THES57537"},"number":"No. 1803"}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-21","recordCreationDate":"2009-04-20","availableToBook":false}}