Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still, from Illustrations of the Bible

mezzotintprint

Date

1835

Medium

Mezzotint in black on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 19 × 29 cm (7 1/2 × 11 7/16 in.); Plate: 26.8 × 35.7 cm (10 9/16 × 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 32.9 × 41.6 cm (13 × 16 7/16 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection

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