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010  The Call of Abraham going to sacrifice his son Isaac

The Call of Abraham going to sacrifice his son Isaac. c1799. Oil on canvas. 20 5/8 x 29 1/8 inches. Wichita Art Museum. It is likely that this painting was commissioned by William Beckford for Fonthill Abbey. Beckford’s financial reverses in 1823 resulted in the auction of the Fonthill art collection which included this painting […]

009  Lot fleeing from Sodom

Lot fleeing from Sodom. 1810. Oil on panel. Unframed: 47 1/8 × 78 1/8 ins (119.7 × 198.4 cms); framed: 54 1/2 × 85 3/8 × 2 1/2 ins (138.4 × 216.9 × 6.4 cms). Detroit Institute of Arts.

08  Hagar and Ishmael

Hagar and Ishmael. 1776, reworked 1803. Oil on canvas. 76 x 54 1/2 ins (193 x 138.4 cms). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

007  Noah sacrificing after the Deluge

Noah and his Family sacrificing. c1801 (unfinished). c1800. Oil on canvas. 72 x 138 ins (182.9 x 350.5 cms). The San Antonio Museum of Art.

006  The Deluge

The Deluge. 1791. Location of completed painting currently unknown. Sketch: 1790. Oil on canvas. Frame: 25 3/8 x 35 1/16 ins (64.4 x 89 cms); image: 19 1/8 x 28 3/4 ins (48.5 x 73 cms). The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA), Williamstown, Massachusetts.

004  The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise

The expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise. 1791. Oil on canvas, Sketch retouched 1803. 48.6 × 72.9 cms (19 1/8 × 28 11/16 ins). The Art Institute of Chicago.

003  Design for the ceiling of the Chapel of Revealed Religion

Design for the ceiling decoration of the Royal Chapel, Windsor Castle. c.1779. (black chalk, pen & brown ink & watercolour, heightened with touches of white, grey & blue bodycolour & brown wash.)

02  Design for a Wall of the Chapel of Revealed Religion (wc, pen and brush and ink on paper indented for transfer)

Design for a wall of the Chapel of Revealed Religion (pen and brush and ink on paper indented for transfer).

01  A design for the Chapel of Revealed Religion

c. 1780. Pen and ink, watercolour and body colour. 27.5 x 24.8 cm (sheet of paper). For the wall paintings for the Chapel planned by George III at Windsor Castle. At the centre, Moses receiving the tablets on Mount Sinai, with a scene of the Last Supper below. West enjoyed many years of patronage under […]

https://archive.org/details/bowyer-bible

CHRIST’S RESURRECTION IN THE BOWYER BIBLE. Robert Bowyer (1758-1834) expanded his own copy of the Macklin Bible to 45 volumes after acquiring and inserting over 6200 different prints of Biblical events. The Bowyer Bible is now housed in Bolton Museums and Archives. For a presentation of many of these prints see https://archive.org/details/bowyer-bible
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