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Destruction of Korah and his Followers, The

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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. //

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