Brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:
Mount: 3 7/8 x 5 13/16 inches (9.8 x 14.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back of mount, upper left: "J5381"; on back of mount, upper right: "M1005 - dark and | gold leaf. | Framed"; on back of mount, center left: "John Martin | 135 the Burial of Sarah"; on back of mount, center right: "S+D 1833 | Sepia L. 3 1/2 w 5 1/2"; on back of mount, lower left to lower right: "Exhibited by Mrs. Sotheby | Royal Dublin Society - Exhibition of Fine Arts 1861 | 89F"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.637
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
funeral | tomb | death | candles | figures | kneeling | mourning | burial | cave | religious and mythological subject | torches | shrouds | praying | rocks (landforms) | Sarah's burial in the cave of Machpelah
Associated Places:
Israel | Cave of the Patriarchs | Asia | Ad Daffah al Gharbiyah | Hebron