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Sermon on the Mount of Olives

1960

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A wood engraving of a landscape with three figures. The engraving depicts a natural landscape with a small stream running through it and a tree in the background. Two figures sit in the bottom right corner and the other figure is depicted as a black silhouette standing in the background along the stream. A small animal drinks from the stream at the center of the print. There are three inscriptions in pencil just beneath the image: [Sermon on the Mount of Olives] at the left, [Artist Proof] at center, and [James L. Wells @60] at right.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2023.111.19

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