Melchisedech Blessing Abraham
1743
Artist, British, 1701 - 1780

Artwork overview
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Medium
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks in buff, gray, and two shades of brown on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 57.4 x 38.2 cm (22 5/8 x 15 1/16 in.)
sheet: 58.3 x 39.3 cm (22 15/16 x 15 1/2 in.) -
Accession
2012.92.527
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Catalogue Raisonné
Kainen 1962, no. 31
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary Jordan Collection. [1] (Zeitlin & ver Brugge Booksellers, Los Angeles); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased 1986; Gift to NGA, 2012.
[1] According to the donor's collection list for Jackson woodcuts, a great number came from the Mary Jordan Collection.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1962
Kainen, Jacob. John Baptist Jackson; 18th century master of the color woodcut. Washington, 1962: no. 31
Inscriptions
lower right in image: Per-illustri D. D. / JOANNI READE / Tabellam hanc in obse- / quentissimae reverentiae / specimen D. D. D. / J. B. Jackson / ex Tabella penes / D. Jos. Smith
Wikidata ID
Q76557102