drawing

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Object Type
Museum number: 1942,0520.2.82
Description: Noah and his family kneeling round an altar on the right, looking up towards God emerging from a cloud above; a group of birds and animals leaving the ark on the left; a rainbow in the background. c.1836 Pen and ink with watercolour
Producer name
School/style
Production date: 1836 (circa)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 178 millimetres (ruled border); Height: 250 millimetres (sheet approx.); Width: 243 millimetres; Width: 349 millimetres
Curator's comments: Facing page 138 of an extra illustrated copy of Charles Robert Leslie's 'Memoirs of the life of John Constable, Esq. R. A.' (London: James Carpenter, 1843), not on the list of plates hence an extra illustration; date from lecture on pages 138-139.
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: Charles Robert Leslie; Representation of: Noah; Representation of: Ham; Representation of: Shem; Representation of: Japhet
Acquisition name
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: George Dunlop Leslie; Previous owner/ex-collection: R Langton Douglas
Acquisition date: 1942
Acquisition notes: Refer back to 1942,0520.2.1.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1942,0520.2.82

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