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)
Rights
Public Domain
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