From A Treatise on Wood Engraving, 1839.
Category Archives: Bible Scenes
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
From A Treatise on Wood Engraving, 1839.
Peter in Prison
From a Sunday-school tract called “Amelia Finley; or, the Careless Reading of the Bible Reproved.”
Raising Jairus’s Daughter
From Gleason’s Pictorial, 1853.
The Sea of Galilee
The source of this image was lost when the old Illustrations site disappeared. You may be assured, however, that it is in the public domain.
Jephtha’s Daughter, by J. F. Lewis
| Description |
English: Jephtha’s Daughter, engraved from a painting by John Frederick Lewis, illustrating Byron’s poem on the story of Jephthah in Judges 11
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| Source | The Gallery of Byron Beauties, 1860 (https://archive.org/stream/galleryofbyronbe01byro#page/n111/mode/1up) |
| Author | John Frederick Lewis, painter; R. A. Artlett, engraver |
Madonna della sedia
Or Madonna della seggiola, after Raphael. The source of this image was lost when the old Illustrations site disappeared. You may be assured, however, that it is in the public domain.
Moses in the Bulrushes
The source of this image was lost when the old Illustrations site disappeared. You may be assured, however, that it is in the public domain.
The Saviour of mankind adopts the figure of the hen
| Description |
English: Jesus compares himself to a mother hen in his lament over Jerusalem (Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34)
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| Date | |
| Source | The Affectionate Parent’s Gift, 1828 (https://archive.org/stream/affectionatepare01horsiala#page/n10/mode/1up) |
| Author | Unknown engraver |
Garden of Eden
From Coloured Bible for the Young, 1884.