Jacob Burying Laban's Images

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Mezzotint with etching and stipple engraving after painting by Sebastien Bourdon once in the Cabinet at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. Print removed from George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 2. Marsh probably wrote the numeral 42 in pencil in the lower left margin.

Date Made: 1785

Engraver: Earlom, RichardOriginal Artist: Bourdon, SebastienPublisher: Boydell, John

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Animals

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Credit Line: Marsh Collection

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1978.0534.03.44Accession Number: 1978.0534Catalog Number: 1978.0534.03.44

Object Name: printmezzotint with etchingObject Type: Mezzotint

Physical Description: ink (overall material)paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 43.5 cm x 52 cm; 17 1/8 in x 20 15/32 inplate: 41.75 cm x 50.25 cm; 16 7/16 in x 19 25/32 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-e82d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_784903

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