- Creator:
- Print made by John Murphy, ca. 1748–1820, Britishafter Giovanni Guercino, 1591–1666, Italian
- 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)
- 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:
- telling, story | shepherds | gathering | dog | standing | Old Testament | Judaism | Christianity | praying | canes | turbans | coat | blood (animal material) | brothers | father | grief | tricking | death | religious and mythological subject
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22219