Gift of Mrs. Grace E. Nichols, 1914.12.0 © 2007 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Flight into Egypt

PrintmakerDrawn on stone by Austin Hall American, 1815 - 1886

PrinterPrinted by D. W. Kellogg & Co. American, 1830 - 1840

PublisherPublished by D. W. Kellogg & Co. American, 1830 - 1840

Dateabout 1835

MediumLithography; printer's ink on thin wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 1/4 x 7 11/16in. (23.5 x 19.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 7/8 x 9 1/16in. (27.6 x 23cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Grace E. Nichols

DescriptionThe Holy Family rests beneath a large tree. The Virgin Mary, a young woman wearing a high-waisted dress, a turban, and sandals, is seen in profile. A halo floats above her head. She holds the Christ Child, a naked sleeping infant resting on a sheet, in her lap. Her left foot rests on a stone. With her right hand, she opens a lantern that hangs from a branch of the tree, so that the light falls on the sleeping baby. Saint Joseph, an elderly bearded man, sits on the ground at the right, apparently asleep, with his head resting on his folded arms. He wears robes and perhaps a cloak. Ferns and grass are in the left foreground. It appears to be night. The light breaking through the clouds in the sky is probably moonlight.

Object number1914.12.0

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "FLIGHT INTO EGYPT."

On verso, inscribed in pencil: lower margin, "Removed from The Boston Pearl and Literary Gazette IV:49 8/15/1835"; accession number lengthwise along lower right margin.NotesSource Note: The pictorial source was apparently a Renaissance painting, presumably known through an engraved reproduction. (Finlay 4/21/2003)

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