Finden's 'Landscape Illustrations to the Bible'
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1836 (engraved)
1836 (engraved)
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Line engraving on steel, printed on paper, illustrating a scene from the Bible
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Materials and techniques | Line engraving on steel |
Brief description | Line engraving on steel by W. Finden depicting Ramah and Rachel's Tomb, after a drawing by J. M. W. Turner, for Finden's 'Landscape Illustrations to the Bible'. Great Britain, 1836. |
Physical description | Line engraving on steel, printed on paper, illustrating a scene from the Bible |
Credit line | Bequeathed by Horace Mummery |
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Bibliographic reference | Rachel's Tomb, also known as the Bilal bin Rabah mosque to Muslims, is the name given to a small religious building revered by Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Bethlehem municipality. The burial place of the matriarch Rachel as mentioned in the Jewish and Christian Old Testament, and in Muslim literature is contested between this site and several others to the north. The earliest extra-biblical records describing this tomb as Rachel's burial place date to the first decades of the 4th century CE. The present structure consists of two chambers; one, a domed chamber, is of Muslim Ottoman construction. Rachel's tomb is the third holiest site in Judaism. Jews have made pilgrimage to the tomb since ancient times, and it has become one of the cornerstones of Jewish-Israeli identity. |
Other number | R581 - Rawlinson number (Mummery Bequest) |
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Accession number | E.4605-1946 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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