The Baptist Magazine, 1813
Professor of Sungskrit, Bengalee, and Mahratta; at the College of Fort William, Calcutta.
Professor of Sungskrit, Bengalee, and Mahratta; at the College of Fort William, Calcutta.
It is assumed that those who are friends to the dissemination of Christianity, will feel gratified to hear that an engraved Portrait of Professor Carey, (attended by his Pundit, a learned Brahmin) will ere long make its appearance, from a very fine picture, painted by Mr. R. Home of Calcutta, in compliance with a request from England.The Character of Dr. Carey stands not in need of encomium upon the present occasion, being so well known by his unexampled labours in the translation of the scriptures into the languages of the East; by which he has not only obtained a high degree of reputation among literary men; but endeared himself to the friends of every Country. Let it suffice, therefore, to say, that the Picture is in hands of an eminent Engraver, who will execute it in the line manner, and it is expected it will be ready for publication about the beginning of the month of May.
The Price of the Engraving will be one Guinea; proof impressions one Guinea and a half. No money to be paid till the print is delivered; but it is requested that those who wish to secure early impressions will send their names immediately to Messrs. Button, Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, Paternoster Row; Burls, 56, Lothbury, London; Isaac James, Bristol; Oliphant, Waugh, and Innes, Edinburgh.
The whole profits attending the publication of this Plate, will be devoted to the Baptist Mission in India. Mr. Bowyer late of the Historic Gallery, Pall-Mall, has kindly undertaken to superintend the execution of the Engraving.
========== [From The Baptist Magazine, May 1813, p. 222. Transcribed and formatted by Jim Duvall.]
More on William Carey
Baptist History Homepage