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Drawing, Joshua's Altar on Mount Ebal

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1650 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is black and red crayons, white heightening 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.

Its dimensions are

14.1 × 18.7 cm (5 9/16 × 7 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Written with crayon on top: "35" and "Joshue..." Verso: "40/apres da destruction de la Ville de Hay/josue Elene vue autel au Seigneur/de dieu desrael sue le mont Hebal." Fragments of writing in ink at top center.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Joshua's Altar on Mount Ebal; France; black and red crayons, white heightening on brown paper; 14.1 × 18.7 cm (5 9/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-97

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