Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882, British
Title:: The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Date:: ca. 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 7 13/16 x 10 1/2 inches (19.8 x 26.7 cm)
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1981.25.496
Gallery Label:: John Linnell was Samuel Palmer’s father-in-law, and while the two had much in common, there were also deep differences. Palmer was a Tory and High Church Anglican. Linnell was radical in politics and a fervent Baptist. Both, however, used representations of the English countryside to articulate religious and political beliefs. In this small landscape, Linnell transposes the flight of the Holy Family into Egypt to an English woodland. Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2016