Sacrifice of Abraham
Maker
John Henry Dearle
(British, 1860 - 1932)
Maker
Morris and Company
(British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
- Design for Tapestry
- Detail from The Old Dispensation
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Dateca. 1931
Mediumwatercolor on paper
Dimensions17 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (45.1 x 31.8 cm.)
DescriptionAngel hovering over older bearded man who is holding knife over kneeling and bound boy. Forest background, with ram whose head is trapped in branches of tree.
Signedlower right: "JHD"
Inscribedlower right: "1931"
unable to see verso
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.520
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1872
Object number: 2000.5.1236
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Unknown
ca. 1916
Object number: 2000.5.1452
