The Expulsion
The Expulsion
The Expulsion
The Expulsion
The Expulsion

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Two nude figures (Adam and Eve). Adam has his right hand to his head and holds Eve's right hand in his left and over his shoulder. She has her right hand to her head and is looking backward. This figure group shows a remorseful Adam and Eve making their way out of the Garden of Eden, having disobeyed God and been expelled from paradise. The quotation on the base is the final sentence of John Milton’s epic poem 'Paradise Lost', first published in 1667. The poem is an ambitious rewriting of the 'Fall of Man' and is one of the most influential poems ever written in the English language.

The Fitzwilliam Museum

Cambridge

Title

The Expulsion

Date

1871

Medium

white marble

Measurements

H 94 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 2.9 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

M.2-1885

Acquisition method

bequeathed by the Reverend E. W. Blore, Fellow of Trinity College, 1885

Work type

Statue

Inscription description

on front of base: ''They hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, / Through Eden took their solitary way.''

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