Lot Escapes from Sodom
Maker
(artist)
1794-1872
(wood engraver)
active 1879, died 1883 (Life dates)
1794-1872
(wood engraver)
active 1879, died 1883 (Life dates)
Title
Lot Escapes from Sodom
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 26.5 cm
Width: 32.4 cm
Width: 32.4 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5867.9
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 : : 11. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin : : A. Joerdens. sc. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : LOT ESCAPETH OUT OF SODOM. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; and heoverthrew those cities, and all the / plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became / a pillar of salt. Gen. XIX. 24-26. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin : : A. Joerdens. sc. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : LOT ESCAPETH OUT OF SODOM. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; and heoverthrew those cities, and all the / plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became / a pillar of salt. Gen. XIX. 24-26. //
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