Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi after T. Stothard, 1792.

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<p>Bible. O.T. Genesis 1.24-5. The artists show the sweetness of the life of Adam and Eve in primaeval innocence in the garden of Eden. Tropical parrots sit with doves in the trees above, a rabbit sits on the grass--but in the foreground, ominously, is a large apple, betokening the imminent Fall</p>

Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi after T. Stothard, 1792.

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