An angel rescues Hagar and Ishmael in the wilderness. Etching by E. Rooker after C. Le Brun.

  • Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.
Date:
1746
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15776i
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Bible. O.T. Genesis 21.16. Hagar has decided that she cannot bear to watch Ishmael perish, but an angel appears and points to a well in the wilderness; Hagar gives Ishmael water from the vessel that now lies beside him. The angel promises that Ishmael will father a great nation (Genesis 21.18-19)

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London (Newgate Street) : Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt. 1746 by S. Austen

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1 print : etching ; platemark 26.7 x 18.1 cm

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And Hagar went and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow-shot; for she said, let me not see the death of the child. LeBrun pinxt. E. Rooker sculp.

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Wellcome Collection 15776i

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