# Hannah Presenting Samuel to Eli, in Georgian Britain

John Flaxman painted this in about 1783, aged 28. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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## The work

- Date: c. 1783
- Medium: Pen and black ink and brush and black ink wash, with touches of pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions: 34 × 47 cm (13 7/16 × 18 9/16 in.)
- Type: Drawing and Watercolor
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023.3177
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[John Flaxman](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/john-flaxman), English, 1755–1826

Flaxman trained at the Royal Academy Schools and first made his name modelling designs for Josiah Wedgwood’s jasperware.

3 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by John Flaxman](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/john-flaxman?hang=749) (3 works)
- [More watercolours of the 18th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/watercolour-18?hang=749) (16 works)
- [18th-century Britain](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-britain?hang=749) (42 works)

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