Date: 1807

Dimensions: 10 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. (25.7 x 20.9 cm.)

Medium: pen and watercolor

Credit Line: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens

Object Number: 000.7

Label Text: The angel Raphael tells Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, pictured in the background and already encircled by the satanic serpent. Other animals rest in harmony. The design contrasts an Edenic foreground with a barren landscape in the distance.