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The descent into the slough of despond

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Date:

1875

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3026243

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James G. MacKay collection

The descent into the slough of despond
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Date(s):

1875

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 drawing / dessin : pencil and black gall ink on wove paper
Support 20.200 x 12.700

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Image depicts Christian head-first in the water, with his legs sticking out. On e of the other men is jumping over him.

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Artist: MacKay, James G, 1847-1885

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General note:

James MacKay Sketchbook

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed., Inscription: inscribed in black gall ink, t.: (6); l.l.: (The Descent into the slough of despond)[underlined] / Now I saw in my dream they drew nigh to a very miry / slough that was in the midst of the plain and they being / heedless did both fall suddenly into the bog. The name of the / slough was Despond. Here therefore they wallowed for a / time, being greviously bedaubed with the dirt. And Christian / began to sink in the mire.
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cartoon

allegory
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Private

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1988-033 PIC
88-007
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Credit: Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada (1988-33-1.12)
Copyright: Expired

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