The flight into Egypt (1925)

Robert Sargent Austin

engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

The Virgin and Child on an ass, followed by Joseph and a foal, in a rocky landscape. 1925 Engraving. Signed with initials on plate. Signed in pencil and dated.

Technique:

Engraving

Dimensions:

16.6 x 26.2 cm

Accession Number:

1927,0709.110

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1927

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, with the Prints and Drawings Fund, 1925; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1927

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Biblical, Virgin Mary, Life of Christ

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