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Siege of Ai, The

Maker

(artist)
1794-1872

(wood engraver)
1828-1887

Title

Siege of Ai, The

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 26.6 cm
Width: 32.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5868.28

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 : : 74 //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right within image & recto : : STEINBRECHER //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : THE SEIGE OF AI. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : And the Lord said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched / out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city. And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched / out his hand [colon] and they entered the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire. Joshua. VIII. 18, 19. //

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