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Jonah
Major collection: Hart Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: etching
Maker: Poussin, Gasper; Poussin, Nicholas; Vivares, François; Boydell, John
Place made: United Kingdom, Greater London, London
Date made: 1774
Materials: ink; paper
Measurements: 21 1/4 in x 27 3/4 in
Nomenclature: Jonah
Classification: whales
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Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: etching
Maker: Poussin, Gasper; Poussin, Nicholas; Vivares, François; Boydell, John
Place made: United Kingdom, Greater London, London
Date made: 1774
Materials: ink; paper
Measurements: 21 1/4 in x 27 3/4 in
Nomenclature: Jonah
Classification: whales
Uncolored etching of the Biblical story of Jonah cast into the stormy sea and swallowed by a whale. The crewmembers are depicted as being in the midst of throwing Jonah off the boat in order to stop the storm from destroying their ship. A monstrous whale with its mouth wide open is waiting for Jonah to fall. Five men on a cliff in the right foreground watch the scene in shock. The print was made as a cheap alternative for the real painting by Nicolas and Gasper Poussin at the Buckingham Palace (originally known as the Buckingham House).
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