John, Bunyan

John Bunyan was a popular preacher as well as a prolific author. This portrait was drawn by his friend, Robert White. He was tall, had reddish hair, a prominent nose, a rather large mouth, and sparkling eyes. Rudyard Kipling once referred to Bunyan as "the father of the novel." He was imprisoned for preaching without a license. During his incarceration, he wove shoelaces to support his family and preached to his fellow prisoners a congregation of about sixty. In his possession were two books, Foxe s Book of Martyrs, and the Bible, a violin he had made out of tin, a flute he'd made from a chair...