The Sacrifice of Isaac

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

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

1873

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.

• Medium: stained glass
• Dimensions: each 134 x 65cm
• Art Fund Grant: £6250 ( Total: £25,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2005
• Vendor: Parish of the Holy Trinity, Bingley with St. Wilfred Gilstead

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.

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