Saint Paul, shipwrecked on Malta, is attacked by a snake which he shakes off into a fire; it does not harm him and the onlookers take him for a god. Etching after J. Thornhill.

    • Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734.
    Date:
    1791
    Reference:
    24912i
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    Licence: Public Domain Mark

    Credit: Saint Paul, shipwrecked on Malta, is attacked by a snake which he shakes off into a fire; it does not harm him and the onlookers take him for a god. Etching after J. Thornhill. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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