Representation of the Different Ways Leading to Everlasting Life or Eternal Damnation

Gustav Sigismund Peters, Unidentified, Representation of the Different Ways Leading to Everlasting Life or Eternal Damnation, 1848-1860, pen and ink, watercolor, and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.207
Unidentified, Gustav Sigismund Peters, Representation of the Different Ways Leading to Everlasting Life or Eternal Damnation, 1848-1860, pen and ink, watercolor, and pencil on paper, 1418 in. (35.545.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.207
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Artwork Details

Title
Representation of the Different Ways Leading to Everlasting Life or Eternal Damnation
Artists
Unidentified
Date
1848-1860
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
1418 in. (35.545.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
Mediums Description
pen and ink, watercolor, and pencil on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Allegory — place — Jerusalem
  • Allegory — religion — heaven
  • Allegory — religion — hell
  • Allegory — death
  • Religion — New Testament — Christ
  • Figure group
Object Number
1986.65.207

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