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Return of the Spies from Canaan, The

Maker

(artist)
1794-1872

(wood engraver)
1823-1894

Title

Return of the Spies from Canaan, The

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 26.7 cm
Width: 32.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5868.20

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







pomegranate





Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : pencil : upper right margin & recto : : 66 //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right within image & recto : : A.GABER //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : THE RETURN OF THE SPIES FROM CANAAN. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a / staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. Numbers XIII. 23, 25.//

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