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The Sepulchre

Oil Painting
1843 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oil on canvas entitled 'The Sepulchre' depicting a dead Christ laid on a stone before a pair of mourning angels.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Sepulchre (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'The Sepulchre' by Marshall Claxton. Great Britain, 1843.
Physical description
Oil on canvas entitled 'The Sepulchre' depicting a dead Christ laid on a stone before a pair of mourning angels.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 126.4cm
  • Approx. width: 174.7cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'M Claxton' (Signed by the artist, lower left)
Credit line
Given by the artist
Object history
Given by the artist, 1867
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 26-27
Collection
Accession number
FA.251[O]

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Record createdMarch 7, 2007
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