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Elijah and a Raven
Production: Enoch Wood (Possibly)
Lead-glazed earthenware painted in enamels
Cream earthenware, press-moulded, lead-glazed, and painted in greyish-blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, red, brown, dark brown, and black enamels; the underside is open and glazed except for the edge of the base. The figures are supported on a shallow straight sided square base painted in greyish-blue, red, brown, and yellow to resemble marble. Elijah is seated on a brown rocky mound beside a green shrub. His left hand rests on his knee and he has his right hand extended towards the raven on the ground to his right which is holding bread in its beak. Elijah has a brown beard and wears an off-white turban, a dark brown tunic with a yellow lining over a long green gown, and sandals. The raven is black.
History note: A.G. Smith, 193 Wardour Street, from whom bought with a figure of the Widow of Zarephath for £6.10s. on 27 February 1905 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 24 cm
Width: 10 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
1820s
1820
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1830
This figure of Elijah being fed by a raven has a companion, the Widow of Zarephath (C.912A-1928). The figures illustrate two consecutive incidents in the life of the Prophet Elijah during a time of drought and famine, which are related in the book of Kings 17: 1-7 and 10-16 in the Bible. The marbled base of the figure and its pair are comparable to those of figures marked WOOD & CALDWELL.
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( in greyish-blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, red, brown dark brown, and black enamels)
Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
Base
Depth 9 cm
cream Earthenware
Moulding : Cream earthenware, press-moulded, lead-glazed, and painted in greyish-blue, green, yellow, flesh pink, red, brown dark brown, and black enamels; the underside is open and glazed
Accession number: C.912B-1928
Primary reference Number: 76353
Old object number: 2346
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Elijah and a Raven" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/76353 Accessed: 2024-12-18 15:48:28
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