Antique Edwin Long Biblical Intaglio Engraving by George Sidney Hunt

Item Details

In Plate

An antique intaglio engraving by English Engraver George Sidney Hunt (1856 – 1917) of a biblical work by Edwin Long (England, 1929 – 1891) from 1885. The engraving depicts Jephthah sacrificing his daughter to God. Hand-titled in the lower left margin ’Jephthah’s Vow The Sacrifice’ and signed G. Sidney Hunt and 1892 to the lower right margin. The image is signed in-plate near the left margin by Edwin Long and dated 1885. This engraving has been in the George Sidney Hunt Family for four generations, it is presented surrounded by a linen tone mat and black finished wood frame.

Condition

-fair to poor with significant foxing and blemishes throughout

Dimensions

-measures frame
-vixsible image 18.25"W x 26.25"H

Item #

17CIN671-092