Tail-piece to deuteronomy. Deuteronomy cap 34 v 6: “and he [joshua] buried him [moses] in a valley in the land of moab, over against beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. ” vignette with clouds over a stone with inscription on foliage being the tomb of moses, a glowing triangle symbol representing god in the sky above; letterpress in two columns above and on verso. The glory of god, represented as a cloud, obscures the last resting place of moses, whose place of burial is unknown. 1792. Inscriptions: lettered below image with production detail: "p. J. De loutherbourg del. ", "j landseer aq forti fec" and publication line: "published septr. 25 1792 by t macklin london". Print made by john landseer. Dimensions: height: 480 millimetres; width: 384 millimetres. Date: 25 September 1792.
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