print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1837,0715.2
- Title
- Object: The breaking of the potter's vessel
- Description
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Jeremiah standing supported by the staff in his right hand, raising his left to break vase; three women in conversation in the background, groups of men raising their arms or hiding their faces in despair on right and left, skull in the foreground; illustration to Francis Willoughby's 'Practical Family Bible'. 1772
Etching
- Production date
- 1772
- Dimensions
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Height: 208 millimetres
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Width: 249 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The original inscription above image has been altered, possibly in a restrike to illustrate later version of Willoughby's Bible, published as 'Mr. Jacob's History and Illustration of the Holy Bible'.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Practical Family Bible
- Acquisition date
- 1837
- Acquisition notes
- Given by Mr Burbank
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1837,0715.2