print
- Museum number
- Mm,8.5
- Title
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Object: Death of Abel
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Series: Illustrations of the Bible
- Description
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Genesis 4:9-11; Adam and Eve mourning the body of Abel, high in a mountainous, sombre landscape, Cain fleeing from the scene at left pursued by bolts of lightning; proof with lettering, but before title; from a series of prints illustrating the Bible. 1831
Mezzotint with etching
- Production date
- 1831
- Dimensions
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Height: 258 millimetres
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Width: 359 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See curator's comment for Mm,8.1.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Bible (Genesis 6:9-11)
- Acquisition date
- 1833
- Acquisition notes
- J T Smith, the Keeper of Prints and Drawings, reported in January 1833 the gift by John Martin of 16 of his own prints and accompanying text (Mm,8.1 to 10; Mm,9; and Mm,10.1 to 6).
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- Mm,8.5
