Artist: Henry Warren (1794 – died 1879)
Title: Joseph’s coat brought to Jacob
Medium: Antique engraving on wove paper after the original oil on canvas by master engraver Samuel S. Smith (British, 1810–1879).
Signature: Signed in the plate.
Dimensions: Image size 7 5/8 x 9 3/4 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 17 x 19 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
And they sent the robe of many colors and brought it to their father and said, “This we have found; please identify whether it is your son’s robe or not.” And he identified it and said, “It is my son’s robe. A fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces.” Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days. All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him. Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard. ~Genesis 37: 32-36
Henry Warren (1794 – died 1879) was a British 19th Century artist an oil and watercolor painter. Henry Warren spent much of his career in America, living, according to the census, from about 1822 to 1860 in Philadelphia where he exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy.