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Lot Escapes from Sodom

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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. //

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