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moses – Antique Wall Art

moses — historic image
moses. Historic image from the Middle East & Holy Land collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This historic image of moses brings a moment of history to your wall. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

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The Lord's Prayer and the Ten Commandments are set side by side here as a pair, a format common in Protestant homes and schools from the nineteenth century onward. Such texts were often printed as decorative wall pieces, sometimes with ornamental borders, lettering or small illustrations, so that families could read them daily. Pairing the prayer with the commandments reflects the widely held idea that both offered a moral framework for everyday conduct. Notice how the layout and lettering reveal the taste of their period as much as the words themselves.

Original scan6,722 × 8,611 px · prints to 22 × 29 in at 300 dpi
Reference02677u moses

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