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A Son is Promised to Abraham

Maker

(artist)
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

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. //

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