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Date1850-1900
MediumCeramic
DimensionsObject/Work: 295 x 130 x 50 mm
ClassificationsSculpture
Terms
    Object numberC01410
    DescriptionWhite glazed porcelain model of Charles Spurgeon preaching with a raised arm from a platform. Spurgeon (1834 to 1892) was a charismatic Baptist preacher originally from Kelvedon is Essex but he came to the New Park Street Chapel in Southwark and there became a famed and popular preacher. His sermon at the Surrey Gardens Music hall In Walworth attracted a reported 10,000 people. Unfortunately in that crowd someone shouted "Fire" and in the resulting stampede several people were killed. Spurgeon moved his congregation to the Metropolitan Tabernacle at the Elephant and Castle in 1861. The facade still exists of this once enormous building, the biggest of kind in its day. Spurgeon opposed slavery and held strong and controversial views. He is buried in West Norwood cemetery, London.
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