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The Walls of Jericho Fall Down

Maker

(artist)
1794-1872

(wood engraver)
1828-1887

Title

The Walls of Jericho Fall Down

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 26.6 cm
Width: 32.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5867.34

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 : : 36. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right within image : : STEINBRECHER sc //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : THE WALLS OF JERICHO FALL DOWN. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets [colon] and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. Joshua VI. 20. //

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