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Print

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1830-1860

GUSN

GUSN-23395

Description

Hand-colored lithograph of Adam and Eve and two of each animal. In the center of the print, a nude Eve points w/ her left hand at the apples in the tree. Adam sits on a moss-covered rock and accepts an apple. Lions, tigers, a snake, horses, dogs and cats surround the couple. Frame: 1 1/2 in.

Details

Descriptive Terms

prints (visual works)
painting (image-making)
hand-painted
lithography
paper (fiber product)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
animals
men (male humans)
religions (concept)
women (female humans)
Unidentified Paper
Lithography
Painted
Religion
Man
Woman
Mythical Animal
PICTURE, RELIGIOUS

Inscription

Printed on bottom of print: ""--207 Nurnberg im Verlag von G.N. Renner's Kunsthandlang""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

People and Organizations

Adam & Eve

Maker

Nurnberg (Maker)

Location of Origin

Germany

Dimensions

14 x 13.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.1581

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