The Building of the Tower of Babel
Maker
(artist)
1794-1872
(wood engraver)
1823-1894
1794-1872
(wood engraver)
1823-1894
Title
The Building of the Tower of Babel
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 26.5 cm
Width: 32.5 cm
Width: 32.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5867.5
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 : : 7. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin : : A. GABER. DRESDEN. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : THE BUILDING OF THE TOWER OF BABEL. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth [colon] and they left off to build the city. Genesis XI. 7. 8. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin : : A. GABER. DRESDEN. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : THE BUILDING OF THE TOWER OF BABEL. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth [colon] and they left off to build the city. Genesis XI. 7. 8. //
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