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Illuminated text study for inscription "I saw an ocean of darkness and death"
Illuminated text study for inscription "I saw an ocean of darkness and death"

Illuminated text study for inscription "I saw an ocean of darkness and death"

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Object Details

Title:
Illuminated text study for inscription "I saw an ocean of darkness and death"
Date:
Date unknown
Artist:
Medium:
Graphite on brown paper with guidelines in graphite
Dimensions
17 3/4 x 24 in.
Classification
Illuminated Texts
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[above fourth line of text in graphite]: 54 in. / space 56; [above last line of text in graphite]: 67 in. Space 67The inscription is from chapter one of The Journal of George Fox, first published in 1694.

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