 In Anthony Trollope's novel "The Last Chronicle of Barset", artist Conway Dalrymple paints the heiress Clara Van Siever as Jael driving a nail through the head of Sisera.The story of Jael and Sisera has been the subject of many paintings, including those by Artemisia Gentileschi, Gregorio Lazzarini, James Northcote, Gustave Doré and James Tissot.In Shelby Foote's "Stars in Their Courses" (1994), about the Battle of Gettysburg, the author reflects on the defeat of General Robert E. Lee.