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Jane and Margaret Davison (active 1870)

A marble tablet of Joseph-Purity and Prudence: Albert Memorial Chapel, Windsor 1874

Carbon print | 20.9 x 15.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2101240

A marble tablet of Joseph-Purity and Prudence: Albert Memorial Chapel, Windsor

Jane and Margaret Davison (active 1870)

A marble tablet of Joseph-Purity and Prudence: Albert Memorial Chapel, Windsor 1874

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Description

Photograph of a marble tablet showing Joseph standing in left side profile receiving the insignia of Government from a Pharaoh and his Queen. The tablet features in the Albert Memorial Chapel.

The photograph is accompanied by a caption: 'JOSEPH- PURITY AND PRUDENCE. JOSEPH set over Egypt receives from the hands of Pharaoh and of his queen the insignia of government. "Thou shalt be over my house, and recording to thy word shall my people he ruled, only in the throne will I greater than thou"'.

Provenance

Acquired by Queen Victoria by 1876
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Jane and Margaret Davison (active 1870)
(photographer)

Acquirer(s)

Search the collection View the person page Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Joseph(OT)

Search the collection Henri Joseph François, Baron de Triqueti (1804-74)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Carbon print

carbon print

Measurements

20.9 x 15.3 cm (image)
Groupings
Category
Photographs
Object type(s)
visual works
albums
photograph albums
photographs
Subject(s)
Places
Europe
Great Britain
England
Berkshire [England]
Windsor [Berkshire]
Windsor Castle
Lower Ward [Windsor Castle]
Albert Memorial Chapel [Windsor Castle]
References

Alternative title(s)

Joseph-Purity and Prudence. Tablet. [The Triqueti Marbles in the Albert Memorial Chapel, Windsor]

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