'Elijah and the Widow's Son', c1840-1890, (1923). Artist: Ford Madox Brown.

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'Elijah and the Widow's Son', c1840-1890, (1923).From the Book of Kings; God told Elijah to go to the town of Sarepta and to seek out a widow that would find him water and food (). Elijah learns that the widow has a son and between them they only have enough flour and oil for one more meal before they die. Despite this the widow helps Elijah (vv11-14). Because she did this God caused the flour and the oil never to run out From British Book Illustration - Yesterday and To-day edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio, Ltd., London, 1923]

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