Relief Gallery

The Order of Release, 1746, 1852-1853. Artist: John Everett Millais

The Order of Release, 1746, 1852-1853. A barefoot Scottish woman with child in arms brings the official document releasing her wounded husband from prison after the failure of the Second Jacobite Rising (1745) in support of Charles Edward Stuart the Young Pretender (Bonnie Prince Charlie). From the Tate Gallery, London

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Moses smote the rock twice, and the water came out abundantly, 1840

Moses "smote the rock twice, and the water came out abundantly", 1840. Biblical scene, from Numbers 20: 11: And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also'. After being instructed to do so by God, Moses struck the rock with his staff and it split apart, providing water for the Israelites who were dying of thirst. Engraving after Moses Striking the Rock, a painting of 1649 by Nicolas Poussin, in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

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Poet's Pitcher, 1875/86. Creator: Union Porcelain Works

Poet's Pitcher, 1875/86. Parian ware jug with relief design featuring poets in profile: Dante, Shakespeare, Ossian, Milton, Virgil and Homer. Designed by Karl L. H. Muller

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