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Destruction of Pharaoh's Host

Print
19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate engraving, lettered with title, and the engraver's and publisher's addresses. Coloured by hand.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleDestruction of Pharaoh's Host (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving, hand-colouring
Brief description
'Destruction of Pharaoh's Host'. Plate from 'The Universal Family Bible', by D.George Thompson after John Martin. Published by E.A. Hancock, Southampton. Engraving, British, 19th century.
Physical description
Plate engraving, lettered with title, and the engraver's and publisher's addresses. Coloured by hand.
Dimensions
  • Average size height: 27cm
  • Average size width: 38cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968. London: HMSO, 1969.
Marks and inscriptions
(Each lettered with title etc. and engraver's and publisher's addresses.)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Thomas Balston through Art Fund
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
Collection
Accession number
E.729-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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