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Cain Killing Abel

Maker

(artist)
1794-1872

(wood engraver)
1823-1894

Title

Cain Killing Abel

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 24 cm
Width: 26.7 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5867.1

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

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : : A. GABER.. sc. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : CAIN KILLING HIS BROTHER ABEL. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel hisbrother and slew him. Genesis IV. 8. //

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