print
- Museum number
- 1842,0806.131
- Title
- Series: The Apocalypse
- Description
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Plate 23: the angel showing St John the fountain of the living water proceeding from the throne of God, placed above the new Jerusalem and surrounded by heavenly host. c.1546/55
Engraving
- Production date
- 1546-1555
- Dimensions
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Height: 297 millimetres
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Width: 211 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Plate 23 from a set of twenty-three works illustrating the Apocalypse (here, chapter 22); see 1845,0804.108 for comment.
Also see 'The Apocalypse, and the Shape of Things to come', London 1999, cat. No.80.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1999/2000 Dec-Apr, London, BM, 'The Apocalypse', no.79
- Acquisition date
- 1842
- Acquisition notes
- 1842,0806.1 to 321 were all purchased from W & G Smith, who had acquired the collection of Joseph Harding, from whom they all came. The acquisition was recommended to the Trustees by Josi on 31 March and 29 April 1841, but only purchased in 1842.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1842,0806.131