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She 'bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son.'

Maker

(artist)
1738-1820

(engraver)
1783-1855

Title

She 'bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son.'

Date of Production

1801-1855

Medium

Stipple and line engraving

Dimensions

Height: 23 cm
Width: 29 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.3513

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Stamp: Recto: upper right, stamped in black: WITT / LIBRARY

Maker's mark: Recto: lower left, printed below image: Painted by Benjm. West.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: IV Rois IV, -37. II Koinge IV, -37.

Maker's mark: Recto: lower right, printed below image: Engraved by W. Radclyffe.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: She "bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son." / II Kings, IV, -37.

Maker's mark: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, printed below image: Proof.

Stamp: Recto: lower left, stamped in blue: M

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