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The Death of Absalom

Maker

(artist)
1794-1872

(wood engraver)

Title

The Death of Absalom

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 26.6 cm
Width: 32.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5867.41

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






Absolom

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : pencil : upper right margin & recto : : 43 //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin : : GERINGSWALD sc. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : THE DEATH oF ABSOLOM. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : And Absolom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away. 2 Sam. XVIII. 9. //

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