Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860
Death of Eli
When word comes that the ark of God is captured and his sons are dead, the aged Eli falls backward from his seat and breaks his neck (1 Samuel 4). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).
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About Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld
1794-1872 · German
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld was a German Nazarene painter whose "Die Bibel in Bildern" (1852–1860), a cycle of 240 woodcuts, became one of the most widely circulated Protestant Bible picture books of the 19th century.