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Print made by John Murphy, ca. 1748–1820, British, The Brothers of Joseph Showing his Bloody Coat, 1782
- Title:
- The Brothers of Joseph Showing his Bloody Coat
- Date:
- 1782
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 21 9/16 × 25 3/4 inches (54.8 × 65.4 cm), Plate: 21 × 24 1/8 inches (53.3 × 61.3 cm), Image: 20 × 24 1/16 inches (50.8 × 61.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "Guerchino Pinxit | Josiah Boydell, delnt."; lettered, lower center: "Publish'd Jany 1st 1782 by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London"; lettered, lower right: "J. Murphy Sculpsit"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.531
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- blood (animal material) | brothers | canes | Christianity | coat | death | dog | father | gathering | grief | Judaism | Old Testament | praying | religious and mythological subject | shepherds | standing | telling, story | tricking | turbans
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22219
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