Christ leads the Blind Man out of Bethsaida

Christ leads the Blind Man out of Bethsaida
Christ leads the Blind Man out of Bethsaida

Christ leads the Blind Man out of Bethsaida

Dateafter 1882
Artist (English painter, illustrator, and designer, 1833–1911)
MediumGraphite and watercolor heightened with gouache and with gum arabic on paper
Dimensions33 7/16 × 16 1/8 in. (84.9 × 41 cm)
frame: 41 1/2 × 24 1/4 in. (105.4 × 61.6 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2011
Object number2011-178
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextAfter the death of Pre-Raphaelite painter, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Shields was approached by his sister, Christina, to design a grave stone and “two lights in stained glass, to be placed in the little window which overlooks the grave” of the church in Birchington. This watercolor is the subject of one of those two windows. Shields, a passionately pious man, was deeply moved by Rossetti’s death and found solace in the creation of this memorial to his friend.
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