print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1843,0513.384
- Title
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Object: The Marys at the Sepulchre
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Series: Macklin's Bible
- Description
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Three women in attitudes of terror, one to left, covering her face, another with one arm raised in front of her, supporting the third who has fallen on one knee, looking into the open mouth of a rock tomb, where an Angel sits, gesturing towards the discarded burial cloths and pointing upwards as he tells them that Jesus as risen; after Smirke; unfinished proof before letters. 1791
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1791
- Dimensions
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Height: 482 millimetres
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Width: 397 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- For a related drawing in BM P&D, see 1853,1210.480.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1843
- Acquisition notes
- 1843,0513.1 to 504 were purchased from W & G Smith as a group for £543 5s 6d. A few individual prices over £5 were recorded and have been separately entered. Otherwise they are recorded as 12 blocks, each with its own sub-price.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1843,0513.384