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Joshua Commandeth the Sun and Moon to Stand Still

Maker

(artist)
1794-1872

(wood engraver)
born 1830

Title

Joshua Commandeth the Sun and Moon to Stand Still

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 26.6 cm
Width: 32.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5868.29

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 : : 75. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left within image & recto : : F.OBERMANN. DRESDEN. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : JOSHUA COMMANDETH THE SUN AND THE MOON TO STAND STILL. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of / Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Joshua. X. 12, 13. //

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