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Old Dispensation

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Type
Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date
ca. 1927
Accession number
2000.5.2126
Makers
Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Designer
John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions
11 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (29.2 x 16.5 cm.) mount: 14 5/8 x 8 3/4 in. (37.1 x 22.2 cm.)
Medium
photograph
Description
Three tiers of Gothic compartments; top tier shows The Creation, Adam and Eve with the serpent, sacrifice of Isaac; middle tier shows Moses and the tables of the law, the Israelites in bondage, Elijah and the priests of Baal; bottom tier shows Samuel and Eli, Christ before Pilate, Solomon instructing David in the building of the temple.
Credit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department
European Art
Find out more
View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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