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Aaron Staying the Plague

Maker

(artist)
1738-1820

(draughtsman)
1782-1870

(engraver)
1782-1870

(publisher)
1782-1870

Title

Aaron Staying the Plague

Date of Production

1 May 1811

Medium

Copper-plate engraving

Dimensions

Height: 24.2 cm
Width: 20.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.3531.5

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

Keywords














Notes

Part of a print series by Henry Moses for The Gallery of Pictures Painted by Benjamin West, published between 1811 and 1817.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

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

Inscription: Recto: upper right, printed above image: Plate 5.

Maker's mark: Recto: lower left, printed below image: Painted by B. West, P. R. A.

Maker's mark: Recto: lower right, printed below image: Drawn & Engraved by H. Moses.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: AARON STAYING THE PLAGUE.

Maker's mark: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: Published May 1. 1811, by H. Moses, 65, Newman Street.

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

Inscription: Recto: lower right, typed: T. O.

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