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Drawing, Joshua Ordering Twelve Stones Taken from the Jordan

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1650 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is graphite, brush and wash on brown paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

It has the following markings

Verso: the J. Peoli stamp. Catalog no. 651.

It is inscribed

Crayon writing, "13," top left, "Josu," top center indistinct over Joshua; Top center, written in ink: "Josue 13." Verso: "14.../Josue commande a douze homme/deprandre douze pierre du jourdan/ou les pretre avait passe un signe/de la protection que dieu leur/avait donné."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Joshua Ordering Twelve Stones Taken from the Jordan; France; graphite, brush and wash on brown paper; Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-85

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