The Scapegoat

1861

Charles Mottram

Artist, British, 1807 - 1876

Charles Mottram after William Holman Hunt

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, engraving, and mezzotint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 61.9 x 92.2 cm (24 3/8 x 36 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 70.1 x 98.3 cm (27 5/8 x 38 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.118.33

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (Nicholas Stogdon, Oxford); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in image: OOSDOM. DEAD SEA / 18(WHH)54 (in monogram); lower left in plate: PAINTED BY W. HOLMAN HUNT.; lower center in plate: London, Published by Henry Graves & Compy. August 20th 1861. Printsellers to the Queen-- 6 Mall Pall. / THE SCAPE GOAT. / Surely he hath borne our Grief, and carried our Sorrows... And the Goat shall bear upon him all their Iniquities into a Land not inhabited; lower right in plate: ENGRAVED BY CHARLES MOTTRAM
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Wikidata ID

Q76337311

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