Art, literature & history
"He Turned Their Waters into Blood"
c. 1865/1880
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 76.8 x 102.9 cm (30 1/4 x 40 1/2 in.) framed: 95.2 x 121.9 x 6.3 cm (37 1/2 x 48 x 2 1/2 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1964.23.3
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Erastus Salisbury Field. "He Turned Their Waters into Blood". National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
"He Turned Their Waters into Blood" — Erastus Salisbury Field. c. 1865/1880.
Medium: oil on canvas.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 76.8 x 102.9 cm (30 1/4 x 40 1/2 in.) framed: 95.2 x 121.9 x 6.3 cm (37 1/2 x 48 x 2 1/2 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1964.23.3. Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.