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- Title:
The Deluge
- Date:
- 1828
- Medium:
- Mezzotint with etching; engraver's proof on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 25 9/16 × 33 3/16 inches (64.9 × 84.3 cm), Plate: 23 7/16 × 31 11/16 inches (59.5 × 80.5 cm), Image: 18 11/16 × 27 13/16 inches (47.5 × 70.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Engraved inscriptions: below image at center, within crest, "HONI*SOIT*QUI*MAL*Y*PENSE"
Watermark: "J Whatman | 1827"; collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11938
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cave | cliff | death | deluge | destruction | dog | elephant (animal) | flood | giraffe | horse (animal) | lightning | man | praying | rain | religious and mythological subject | rock | storm | the flood and destruction of mankind ~ story of Noah (Genesis 7:10 - 8:17) | tidal wave | tree | water | woman
- Associated People:
- Noah
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31723
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