print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1879,0412.16
- Description
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A flower pot with three flowers mentioned in the Bible, identifed through references on the pot: on the left, hyssop, numbered '1', with the reference 'Exod. 12. 22'; in the centre a trailing dog-rose, in two branches arching to either side, numbered '2', with reference 'Mat. 27. 29.'; on the right, crocsmia or star-of-the-east, numbered '3'; illustration to W. Harte's 'Amaranth, or Religious Poems...' (1767).
Etching and drypoint
- Production date
- 1767 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 62 millimetres
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Width: 70 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The same plate is used again in the same book, p. 266
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Amaranth, or Religious Poems
- Acquisition date
- 1879
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1879,0412.16