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The Sacrifice of Isaac (© Cartwright Hall Art Gallery)
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© Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Artist: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co (active 1861 - 1875)

Location: Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Date: 1873

Materials: stained glass

Dimensions: each 134 x 65cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £6,250 (Total: £25,000)

Vendor: Parish of the Holy Trinity, Bingley with St. Wilfred Gilstead

Review number: 5526 (2005)

Provenance:
Installed in Holy Trinity Church, Bingley, 1873; removed on demolition of church, 1974. On loan to Bradford Metropolitan District Council from 1974 to 2004.

Description:
The stained glass is in three panels. The central section depicts a blindfolded Isaac kneeling on a rocky plinth with his father Abraham posed to kill him with a knife and being restrained by an Angel.

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