Prayer for Death in the Desert

Elihu Vedder

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Elihu Vedder (American, 1836–1923). Prayer for Death in the Desert, ca. 1867. Oil on canvas, 13 7/8 × 49 5/8 in. (35.2 × 126 cm) frame: 24 5/8 × 60 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (62.5 × 153.7 × 8.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, 55.40. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Prayer for Death in the Desert

Date

ca. 1867

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

13 7/8 × 49 5/8 in. (35.2 × 126 cm) frame: 24 5/8 × 60 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (62.5 × 153.7 × 8.9 cm)

Signatures

Unsigned

Credit Line

Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters

Accession Number

55.40

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