The Deluge.

PrinterPrinted by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by Ensign & Thayer American, 1849 - 1850

Date1848-1850

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 5/8 x 11 3/8in. (19.4 x 28.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 5/8 x 11 1/2in. (21.9 x 29.2cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

DescriptionA vast multitude of people are crowded on a rocky promontory at the left. Many are partially naked. Some wear robes. Many have their arms raised in despair. A snake is in the left foreground. Two lions are among the crowd. Two elephants are in the left background. Huge waves of water and large rocks pour in from the left, engulfing some of the people and sweeping others off the rock. Some people plunge into a vast chasm on the right with water pouring in after them. Other people and animals are on rocky ledges and islands in the background. A large ark floats on smooth water in the right background. The sun and moon are both in the sky, surrounded by a huge arch of water and connected by a bolt of lightning. Vertical rain pours down.

Object number1950.202.118

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE DELUGE. / 'And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowls / of the heaven, and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.' / Gen. Chap. 7 Ver. 23." Lower left, in pencil, "82".

On verso, lower left, "consv CPC 1987". Lower right, in pencil, "Dwr 8 [crossed out] 61" accession number.

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