Eliezer and Rebekah at the Well, from "Dalziels' Bible Gallery"

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As a founding Pre-Raphaelite, Hunt produced religious subjects with an intense realism that infused everyday objects with symbolic resonance. This, his only contribution to Dalziels’ Bible Gallery, depicts the meeting of Eliezar and Rebekah. Genesis records how Abraham sent his servant from to his home village in Mesopotamia to find a bride for Isaac. When Rebekah offers Eliezer water, the traveler recognizes her exceptional character and presents jewelry to confirm the seriousness of his errand. The strong outlines and sparse shading recall prints by Mortiz Retzsch, a German artist admired by the Pre-Raphaelites.

Eliezer and Rebekah at the Well, from "Dalziels' Bible Gallery", After William Holman Hunt (British, London 1827–1910 London), Wood engraving on India paper, mounted on thin card

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