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The Prisoner of Chillon Entreating his Jailors to Bury His Brother Where the Sun Might Fall Upon His Grave

Ford Madox Brown · 1858
Yale Center for British Art

Theme & chronology

Section
Creation & Primeval History
Section range
4004–2091 BC
Event
The Fall
Date
n/a (symbolic)
Reference
Genesis 3

Catalogue record

Artwork ID
51d73af3cb9741d1bd
Filename
The Prisoner of Chillon Entreating his Jailors to Bury His Brother Where the Sun Might Fall Upon His Grave; Ford Madox Brown 1858.jpg
Historical Art Gallery 2.0.3d-test

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