Abram Instructing Sarah–Abram Parting from Lot, from "Dalziels' Bible Gallery"
Medium
Wood engraving on India paper, mounted on thin card
Dimensions
Image: 3 3/8 × 5 7/8 in. (8.6 × 15 cm) Image: 4 9/16 × 7 3/16 in. (11.6 × 18.2 cm) India sheet: 11 1/8 × 9 5/16 in. (28.2 × 23.7 cm) Mount: 16 3/8 in. × 12 15/16 in. (41.6 × 32.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous Gift, 1926
Accession Number
26.99.1(10)
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Art Historical Context
This wood engraving, titled *Abram Instructing–Abram Parting Lot*, comes from the ambitious *Dalziels' Gallery*, a Victorian-era project published between 1865 and 1881 by the renowned Dalziel Brothers and associates like Camden Press, Scribner and Welford, and Thomasziel. The print captures two pivotal biblical moments from Genesis: Abram (later Abraham) counseling his wife Sarah and his poignant farewell to his nephew Lot as their paths diverge. Such dual-scene compositions were a clever space-saving technique in 19th-century illustration, inviting viewers to ponder themes of faith, family, ...
About the Artist
Camden Press|Scribner and Welford|Dalziel Brothers|Thomas Dalziel (British|American|British) · 1857 |1800 |1839 –1893 |1899 |1893
British, London|New York, NY|British, active 1839–93