Saint Paul, shipwrecked on Malta, is attacked by a snake which he shakes off into a fire; it does not harm him and the onlookers take him for a god. Etching after J. Thornhill.

  • Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734.
Date:
1791
Reference:
24912i
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Bible. N.T. Acts 28.1-6

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London : [publisher not identified]

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1 print : etching ; platemark 44.7 x 27.2 cm

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Mutati, dicebant esse deum. Act. Ap. cap. 28 v. 6. In tholo ecc. cathed. D Pauli Lond. Jac. Thornhill pinxt. Ger. V. dr ... sculpt. Lond.

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Wellcome Collection 24912i

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