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The fall; expelled from Eden, Adam and Eve raise a family and set to work. Engraving by Scotin, c. 1765.
- Scotin, active 1765.
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- [1765]
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Credit: The fall; expelled from Eden, Adam and Eve raise a family and set to work. Engraving by Scotin, c. 1765.
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Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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Description
Bible. O.T. Genesis 3.19. To the right the original family set to work: Adam digs the soil, Eve suckles an infant, while another child tugs at her dress
Publication/Creation
Paris (rue S. Jacques à Saint Pierre, près de la rue de la Parcheminerie) : Jean-Baptiste Crépy, [1765]
Physical description
1 print : line engraving
Contributors
Lettering
Chute d'Adam. Adam, par sa desobeissance s'attira la colere de Dieu alors il eut honte de son peché en se cachant et evitant la presence de son créateur qui le chassa honteusement du paradis et le condamner a cultiver la terre pour gagner sa vie à la sueur de son front
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 20708i
Lettering note
Lettering repeated in Spanish
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Languages
- French
- Spanish