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Adam sacrifices a lamb, which Eve scatters with flowers (left)
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| Caption | Adam sacrifices a lamb, which Eve scatters with flowers (left); Thirza mourns by the water (right). Etching by RB Peake after T Uwins. Bible. OT Genesis 44 However, very little in the scenes here depicted is strictly biblical; the references are to Salomon Gessner's 'The death of Abel', a poem in Miltonic style first translated into English from German in 1761. Sacrifice. Flowers – Religious aspects. Grief. Lambs. Murder. Adam (Biblical figure). Eve (Biblical figure). Abel (Biblical figure). Thirza. Contributors: Thomas Uwins (1782–1857); Richard Brinsley Peake (1792–1847). Work ID: x6ddfyyk. |
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| Creator | see caption |
| Artwork medium | etching |
| Credit | Wellcome Collection |
| Terms of use | Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) |
| Search stock images by keyword | Adam sacrifices lamb Eve scatters flowers Etchings Thomas Uwins Richard Brinsley Peake |
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| YW034201V | 3,050 x 2,290 pixels | 20 |
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