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The Vision of Jacob's Ladder

Maker

(artist)
1794-1872

(wood engraver)
1823-1894

Title

The Vision of Jacob's Ladder

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 26.4 cm
Width: 32.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5867.15

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 : pencil : upper right margin & recto : : 17 //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right within image : : GABER SC //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : THE VISION OF JACOB'S LADDER. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven [colon] and behold the angels of God ascending on it. / And, behold, the Lord above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac [colon] the land whereon thou / liest, to thee will I give it, and they to seed. Genesis XXVIII. 12. 13. //

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