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: designed by 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.)

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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.

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The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

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European Art

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