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Delftware tile, Jonah under the Gourd

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An image of Tile. Jonah under the Gourd. Production Place: The Netherlands.In a square, framed by a scrolled border, 'Jonah under the Gourd'. Inscribed below, 'Iona 4:5'. There is a hole in the top right and in the lower left corner. Earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and painted in blue, height, whole, 12.2 cm, width, whole, 12.7 cm, depth, whole, 0.8 cm, circa 1700-1800.

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Tile. Jonah under the Gourd. Production Place: The Netherlands.In a square, framed by a scrolled border, 'Jonah under the Gourd'. Inscribed below, 'Iona 4:5'. There is a hole in the top right and in the lower left corner. Earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and painted in blue, height, whole, 12.2 cm, width, whole, 12.7 cm, depth, whole, 0.8 cm, circa 1700-1800.

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  • Accession Number: C.2804.39-1928
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 970 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 202.39kB
  • Exposure time: 1/250
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1

Key words

18th Century Bible biblical blue blue and white Delftware Dutch earthenware Fitz_AA glazed gourd Jonah Jonah and the Whale Jonas Kikayon male Netherlandish Nineveh Old Testament pottery prophet shelter square tiles tin-glazed

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