A Son is Promised to Abraham
Maker
(artist)
1794-1872
(wood engraver)
1831-1874
1794-1872
(wood engraver)
1831-1874
Title
A Son is Promised to Abraham
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 26.5 cm
Width: 32.5 cm
Width: 32.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5867.8
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 : : 10 //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right within image : : JOCH. SC. Mchn //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : A SON IS PROMISED TO ABRAHAM. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : And he said, I will certainly return unto thee, according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in / the tent door, which was behind him. Gen. XVIII. 10. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right within image : : JOCH. SC. Mchn //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : A SON IS PROMISED TO ABRAHAM. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : And he said, I will certainly return unto thee, according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in / the tent door, which was behind him. Gen. XVIII. 10. //
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