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Print, The Angel Restraining John from Worshipping Him and Commanding Him "Worship God"

This is a Print. It was created by Edwin Austin Abbey. It is dated 1896 and we acquired it in 1952. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Ely Jacques Kahn. It is credited Gift of Ely Jacques Kahn.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 43.2 × 33.2 cm (17 × 13 1/16 in.) Sheet: 50.4 × 37.9 cm (19 13/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed and dated, in plate, lower right: E. A. Abbey / 1896

It is inscribed

Inscribed in margin, lower left: E. A. Abbey fec; at lower center: Copyright by Lucien Layus 1899; at lower right: Engraved and Printed in Paris by Lemercier and Co.

Cite this object as

Print, The Angel Restraining John from Worshipping Him and Commanding Him "Worship God"; Edwin Austin Abbey; etching on paper; Plate: 43.2 × 33.2 cm (17 × 13 1/16 in.) Sheet: 50.4 × 37.9 cm (19 13/16 × 14 15/16 in.); Gift of Ely Jacques Kahn; 1952-86-5

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