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Ruth Gleaning in the Field of Boaz

Maker

(artist)
1794-1872

(wood engraver)
1824-1870

Title

Ruth Gleaning in the Field of Boaz

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 26.6 cm
Width: 32.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5867.36

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 : : 38. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre within image : : ZSCHECKEL //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : RUTH GLEANING IN THE FIELD OF BOAZ. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : Then said Boaz unto Ruth. Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence,but abide here fast by my maidens [colon] Let thinge eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them. Ruth II. 8. 9. //

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