print;
title-page;
frontispiece
- Museum number
- 1867,0713.601-602
- Title
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Object: I laid the bleeding lamb on the altar, and Eve scattered on it odiferous flowers
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Object: The Death of Abel, from the German of Gessner
- Description
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Title-page and frontispiece, printed from a single plate.
frontispiece to left: Adam kneeling to left, laying a sacrifice on an altar, with Eve standing to right, scattering flowers.
titlepage to right: with a vignette showing Thursa reclining to right under a bower, tearing her hair, with the sun setting over water in the background to left.
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1800-1830 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 138 millimetres
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Width: 148 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Death of Abel
- Acquisition date
- 1867
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1867,0713.601-602
