Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba by Claude Lorrain

Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba by Claude Lorrain

Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba by Claude Lorrain. The original oil painting is present in the National Gallery, London and is signed and dated 1648. The original painting was one of the first works to be acquired by the National Gallery in 1824 and depicts the departure of the Queen of Sheba to visit to King Solomon in Jerusalem, described in the tenth chapter of the First Book of Kings. The Queen is departing from a city with classical buildings, with the early morning sun lighting the sea, as vessels are loaded. For more information on Claude Lorrain’s work visit http://www.claudelorrain.org/ This reproduced installation is placed on the Corn Law Rhymer Pub. This pub is named after Ebenezer Elliott, the successful iron dealer born in Rotherham, in 1871 - famed as the 'Corn Law Ryhmer'. Ebenezer Elliot was one of eleven children. He worked in the family's iron foundry for many years. His father also had an ironmonger's shop in High Street. When the foundry failed, Ebenezer moved to Sheffield, where he became a successful iron dealer and set up the Anti-Corn Law League. The Corn Laws kept the price of bread artificially high, causing great distress to the working classes. Elliott wrote a series of hard-hitting rhymes, quoted on political platforms all over the country during the campaign to repeal the Corn Laws. The much-hated, long-lasting Corn Laws were eventually repealed in 1846.

May, 31, 2015

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