print
- Museum number
- 1867,0309.1423
- Title
- Object: The sisters of Bethany
- Description
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Christ seated between the two sisters with hands out towards them, one sitting at left looking towards him, the other at right turning her back to him, curtain behind and landscape with sunset at left; scratch letter proof illustration to the Amulet
Etching and engraving on chine collé
- Production date
- 1830-1840
- Dimensions
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Height: 138 millimetres
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Width: 211 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For the titled state see 1867,1214.271
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1867
- Acquisition notes
- The BM purchased at the sale from the prints sold in bundles rather than in individual lots. It bought lots 47, 106, 352 and 431 in their entirely. It also made selections from lots 1,2,3,5,11,49,50,75,93,107,108,115,116,162,358. It is not easy from the register to work out which prints belonged to which lot.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1867,0309.1423
