Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and Genesis Scenes [School piece or Penmanship sheet]
This print has a border of Bible scenes topped with an image of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Smaller images at either side illustrate the couple expelled from Eden, Cain killing Abel, Cain cursed by God, Noah entering the Ark, the Great Flood, and Noah making a sacrifice after safely leaving the Ark.
The sheet was inscribed and signed by Charles Arnold, on Whitsunday 1805, a nine-year-old student at Norton's Academy, No. 50 Bermondsey Street, London. The work comes from a genre known as writing sheets, writing blanks, penmanship exercises, letter sheets or school pieces, published in Britain ca. 1660 to 1860 and used by students to demonstrate their handwriting abilities.
The sheet was inscribed and signed by Charles Arnold, on Whitsunday 1805, a nine-year-old student at Norton's Academy, No. 50 Bermondsey Street, London. The work comes from a genre known as writing sheets, writing blanks, penmanship exercises, letter sheets or school pieces, published in Britain ca. 1660 to 1860 and used by students to demonstrate their handwriting abilities.
Artwork Details
- Title: Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and Genesis Scenes [School piece or Penmanship sheet]
- Publisher: Edward Langley (British, 1799–1835)
- Publisher: Champante & Whitrow (British, active 1785–1801)
- Date: 1805
- Medium: Etching and engraving with pen and ink
- Dimensions: Plate: 17 3/16 × 13 9/16 in. (43.7 × 34.4 cm)
Sheet: 18 7/16 × 14 7/8 in. (46.8 × 37.8 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Purchase, Harry G. Friedman Bequest, 1967
- Object Number: 67.539.129
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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