An extremely detailed survey of the activities surrounding the building of the tower of Babel. Engraving, c. 1680.

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1680
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20431i
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An extremely detailed survey of the activities surrounding the building of the tower of Babel. Engraving, c. 1680. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Bible. O.T. Genesis 10. The scenes are labelled alphabetically, but the key is lacking. As well as construction work, there is a whole wealth of human and animal activity: brawls, dancing, a camel bucking its load, troublemakers pushing over a table, fires, sacrifices and multitudinous crowds. A physician-dentist appears to be inspecting a patient in the bottom-right hand corner. There is a busy port to the left and an established city to the top-right

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1680

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1 print : line engraving ; image 27.6 x 58.8 cm

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Doe quam de heere neder om de stadt en toren te besien die de menschen-kinderen, bouwden, en seide; laat ons hare sprake verwerren op dat elk synen naasten niet en hoore alsoo wierden sy verstrooit en hielden op de stadt te bouwen etc.

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Wellcome Collection 20431i

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