Joseph lifted from the Pit

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

General Description

Date: 1862
Subject: “Three figures at the top haul up Joseph with a rope around his chest; Joseph is seen full-length in the lower part ofthe panel; his arms raised” ( Sewter, DGR's Designs for Stained Glass, 421 )

Bibliography

◦ Sewter, DGR's Designs for Stained Glass, 421

Scholarly Commentary

Production History

Sewter regards the attribution of the design to DGR as probable but not certain. The original design has not appeared. The stained glass made from it was installed in 1862 in Peterborough Cathedral (south transept, south wall, easternmost window).

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