Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Stephen Frederick Gooden, 1892–1955, British
Title:
Absalom
Date:
1923
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving with etching on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 5/16 x 8 3/16 inches (18.5 x 20.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Absolom S.19128"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Lydia Evans Tunnard
Copyright Status:
© Estate Of The Artist
Accession Number:
B1994.4.973
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
men | riding | forest | trees | spear | mule (mammal) | Old Testament | horse (animal) | fighting | branches | Absalom, put to flight on a mule, remains hanging by his hair in an oak-tree | reeds | falling | killing | fleeing | religious and mythological subject | rebellions
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:37775