Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Scenes from the New Testament [Christ goes to Emmaus, The prodigal son, Mary saluteth Elizabeth, Christ talketh with the woman of Samaria].
Call Number
E Row 1/GC059/Box 06/Normal/19th c./Artists H-K GA 2006.02379
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc5138jt579
Publisher
1801.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1801
Extent
1 item ; sheet 36.1 x 25.8 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Anita Schorsch, Princeton University Class of 1983, GS1986.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Watercolors on paper
Item description: Four scenes from the New Testament drawn on one sheet, each drawing with text from the Bible. Black and white border around each of the texts.
Provenance: Sotheby's Auction, sale #3692, Garbisch, part III, lot #121, date of purchase is 11/12/74. Drawings were found in Morris County in NJ.
Signed in ink, lower right: "J. Jones fecit 1801".

Discovery Information

Subject
Christian art and symbolism
Jesus Christ—Attitude toward women—Art
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint—Motherhood—Art
Parables in art
Religious art
Women saints in art
Jesus Christ—Parables—Art
Bible. N.T. Gospels—Illustrations
Elizabeth (Mother of John the Baptist), Saint—Art
Art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e52a4cd1-d8f1-4af2-8472-a0d9ec795ad1/manifest