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Jacob Covenanting for Rachel

Maker

(artist)
1794-1872

(wood engraver)
1824-1870

Title

Jacob Covenanting for Rachel

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 26.4 cm
Width: 32.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5867.17

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 : : 19 //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right within image : : ZSCHECKEL.SC. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : JACOB COVENANTING FOR RACHEL. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. And Laban said, It is better that I give / her to thee, than that I should give her to another man [colon] abide with me. Genesis XXIX.18.19. //

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