Countryside scene with man lying beneath a tree and angels descending ladder toward him (depiction of Biblical Jacob's ladder); glazed; simple molded frame painted black.
engravings (prints)
engraving (printing process)
hand coloring
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
Bible
rope ladders
Picture
Unidentified Paper
Hand Colored
Stipple Engraved
Bible
Jacob's Ladder
Picture
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
5.438 x 7.313 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.374B
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