The World Before the Flood [SEP] collection
The World Before the Flood
The World Before the Flood is an oil painting on canvas by English artist William Etty, first exhibited in 1828 and currently in the Southampton City Art Gallery. It depicts a scene from John Milton's "Paradise Lost" in which, among a series of visions of the future shown to Adam, he sees the world immediately before the Great Flood. The painting illustrates the stages of courtship as described by Milton; a group of men select wives from a group of dancing women, drag their
state emergencies:
- Strike Duty, Pawtuxet, 20 Feb to 14 Oct 1922
- Strike duty, Manville, 31 Aug to 3 Sep 1926
- Textile workers strike, Saylesville and Bristol, 10 to 14 September 1934
- Flood relief, Pawtuxet River, 19–20 March 1936
- Flood relief, Norwood, 24 to 26 July 1938
- 1938 Hurricane, 21 to 25 Sep 1938
World War II (1941–1945).
The 103d was inducted into federal service, as a unit of the 43rd