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Title: Victory O Lord

Object Name: painting

Artist/Maker: Millais, Sir John Everett P.R.A., H.R.I., HRCA
Role in production: Artist
Place of Creation: Europe, United Kingdom, England
Date: 1871

Accession Number: 1894.1
Location on Display: First floor: Pre-Raphaelites
Image Copyright: © Manchester City Galleries

Physical Description

Medium / Material

oil on canvas/oil
canvas
oil on canvas

Support

Technique

Description

mountain
Biblical scene depicting Moses surveying the battle between Joshua and the Amalekites from the top of a hill. Moses, an old man with a long beard, sits on a rocky outcrop, accompanied by Aaron and Hur standing either side of him, holding his arms aloft to prevent the victory of the Amalekites.