Moses Avenging his Countryman
Maker
(artist)
1794-1872
(wood engraver)
born 1830
1794-1872
(wood engraver)
born 1830
Title
Moses Avenging his Countryman
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 26.4 cm
Width: 32.4 cm
Width: 32.4 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5867.28
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
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : pencil : upper right margin & recto : : 30 //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right within image : : F.OBERMANN //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin left & recto : : MOSES AVENGING HIS COUNTRYMAN. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens [colon] and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian. Exod. II.. 11, 12. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right within image : : F.OBERMANN //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin left & recto : : MOSES AVENGING HIS COUNTRYMAN. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens [colon] and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian. Exod. II.. 11, 12. //
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