Destruction of Korah and his Followers, The
Maker
(artist)
1794-1872
(wood engraver)
1831-1874
1794-1872
(wood engraver)
1831-1874
Title
Destruction of Korah and his Followers, The
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 26.7 cm
Width: 32.3 cm
Width: 32.3 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5868.21
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 : : 67 //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right within image & recto : : JOCH.sc. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : THE DESTRUCTION OF KORAH AND HIS FOLLOWERS. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder thant was under them [colon] and the earth / opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them [colon] and they perished from among the congregation. / Numbers XVI. 31, 32, 33. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right within image & recto : : JOCH.sc. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : THE DESTRUCTION OF KORAH AND HIS FOLLOWERS. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder thant was under them [colon] and the earth / opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them [colon] and they perished from among the congregation. / Numbers XVI. 31, 32, 33. //
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