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Title: Centsprent: Bijbelsche Zinnebeelden voor de Jeugd, No. 29.
Description: Children’s print teaching the readers the moral lessons of Biblical events: the creation of Eve; the forbidden fruit, the Great Flood, Jacob’s Ladder, the reunion of Esau and Jacob, the Pharaoh’s army drowning in the Red Sea, the Ark of the Covenant, Canaan, The Punishment of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, the bronze serpent, Gideon’s army, the ravens feeding Elijah (Elias, Elia), Mordecai’s triumph, the three men in the furnace, Jonah and the plant, and the Last Judgement. Zaltbommel, Noman (1814-1830), mentioned on the print: ‘By J. Noman, Boekdrukker te Z. Boemel; numbered ‘No. 29’ in upper right corner.’ 16 woodcut illustrations (each ca. 50 x 75 mm) on handmade paper; woodblocks from the 17th or 18th century; hand coloured in orange and yellow; 4-line verses under each image; total: 410 x 325 mm; watermark: ‘J Pannekoek’; frayed edges, left margin cut off. De Meyer p. 244, Boerma p. 791 (Noman 43).

Keywords: Bible|Catchpenny prints|Children|Education|Hand colored|Religion|Woodcut