Published by John Marshall, engraver, each with a narrative of the biblical story, the Prodigal Son, with inscription at bottom. Within ebonized wood framed.

A story of departure, decline, penitence, and redemption, the parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32) in which a younger son asks for his father for his inheritance early, squanders the fortune, is reduced to extreme poverty, and is forgiven by his father, has been an important subject for artists since the thirteenth century. The story's narrative was a popular moral subject with both "high and low" audiences, resonating as a warning to the youth and an aspirational example to parents. In this scene from the fourth of the six-part series, the Prodigal Son, dressed in rags, has spent or lost all his inheritence and now is reduced to stealing bits of food from a group of hogs.


Condition:
Alterations: Original Condition Unaltered
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: Some foxing, discoloration, and minor tears to edges of each engraving, the central oval depiction clean on each, one with 1" restored tear to upper left corner, one with .5" restored tear to upper right, overall losses to frames evident. Losses to paint on frames.

Origin:
United Kingdom

Materials & Techniques:
Paper, Wood

Details:
Art Subjects: Other
What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used
Frame Type: Framed
Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Original Condition Unaltered; Some Imperfections; Some foxing, discoloration, and minor tears to edges of each engraving, the central oval depiction clean on each, one with 1" restored tear to upper left corner, one with .5" restored tear to upper right, overall losses to frames evident. Losses to paint on frames.