The Flight of Adrammelech, from "Dalziels' Bible Gallery"
Medium
Wood engraving on India paper, mounted on thin card
Dimensions
Image: 8 7/16 × 6 11/16 in. (21.4 × 17 cm) India sheet: 9 11/16 × 7 13/16 in. (24.6 × 19.8 cm) Mount: 16 7/16 in. × 12 15/16 in. (41.8 × 32.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous Gift, 1926
Accession Number
26.99.1(60)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This wood engraving, titled *The Flight of Adrammelech*, was created between 1865 and 1881 as part of *Dalziels’ Bible Gallery*, a landmark Victorian publishing project. The Dalziel Brothers, renowned engravers, collaborated with artists like Arthur Murch to produce dramatic illustrations of biblical narratives, bringing scriptural stories to a wide audience through affordable yet finely crafted prints. The scene, featuring soldiers, fleeing figures, architecture, and birds, captures a moment of turmoil drawn from ancient Near Eastern tales referenced in the Old Testament. The medium of wood ...
About the Artist
Camden Press|Scribner and Welford|Dalziel Brothers|Arthur Murch (British|American|British) · 1857 |1800 |1839 –1893 |1899 |1893
British, London|New York, NY|British, active 1839–93