Hagar and Ishmael
1811
19th century
31.4 cm x 21.3 cm (12 3/8 in. x 8 3/8 in.)
Richard Corbould
(London, 1757 - 1831, London)
Primary
Object Type:
print
Artist Nationality:
Europe, English
Medium and Support:
Lithograph
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002
Accession Number:
2002.1820
The biblical subject of Hagar and Ishmael was a standard motif of history painting and therefore readily acceptable to the art establishment. Here, however, Corbould uses it as a pretense to present a rich landscape articulated in the relatively new medium of lithography.