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The Calling of Samuel
The Calling of Samuel
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The Calling of Samuel

by Sir Joshua Reynolds

Date: c.1776

Currently not on display

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Item details

  • Acquisition

    Bourgeois Bequest, 1811

  • Accession number

    DPG223

  • Artist

    Sir Joshua Reynolds

  • Date

    c.1776

  • Dimensions

    76.3 x 68.9 cm

  • Materials

    Oil on canvas

The calling of the child Samuel is described in I Samuel III, 2-10. According to Waterhouse DPG223 is a studio replica of the original at Knole of c.1776. The picture seems to have remained in the painter's possession and was purchased by Bourgeois at the Reynolds studio sale of 1796.

The Calling of Samuel

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