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The Scribes Reading the Chronicle To Ahasuerus

Maker

(artist)
1817-1880

(engraver)
1788-1859

(publisher)

Title

The Scribes Reading the Chronicle To Ahasuerus

Date of Production

1867

Medium

engraving and etching
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 24.7 cm
Width: 32.7 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7846

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

Provenance: H. J. Cornish Collection; acquired by Hampstead Public Library (by 1928); transferred to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Witt Library in 1966; transferred to the Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library in 1990.

Inscriptions

Inscription: H. O' NEIL, A.R.A. PINXT. //

Inscription: W. M. LIZARS, SCULPT. //

Inscription: THE SCRIBES READING THE CHRONICLE TO AHASUERUS. //

Inscription: FROM THE COLLECTION OF JAMES SPENCE, ESQ. LIVERPOOL. //

Inscription: LONDON, VIRTUE & CO. //

Stamp: M

Stamp: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928. //

Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY 1972 //

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