Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
The Watts Gift
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/george-frederic-watts-586" aria-label="More by George Frederic Watts" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">George Frederic Watts</a>
Jonah
Presented by the artist 1897
actions: expressive
adults
architecture
avarice
Bible: Old Testament
clothing and personal items
diseases and conditions
drunkenness
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
features
frieze
gambling
gesticulating
interior - non-specific
interiors
Jonah
leisure and pastimes
man
objects
people
preaching
public and municipal
recreational activities
religion and belief
religious
robe
work and occupations
<p>In this dramatic image Watts presents the gaunt Old Testament prophet Jonah warning the Ninevites to repent of their behaviour. The sins he denounces are shown in three parallel friezes, based on sculptures from the walls of Nebuchadnezzar’s palace: gambling, drunkenness, and greed – indicated by a group of figures crawling up to the money bags scattered on the floor.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
8 August 2005 – 4 October 2010
2010-10-04
8 August 2005 – 4 October 2010
2010-10-04
2005-08-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-08-08
Victorian Spectacle
Collection based display
1 March 2011 – 31 December 2011
2011-12-31
1 March 2011 – 31 December 2011
2011-12-31
2011-03-01
Watts Gallery - Artists’ Village (Compton, UK)
http://www.wattsgallery.org.uk
2011-03-01
Watts Gallery Re-Opening
Loan-out
Jonah
support: 1555 × 914 mm
frame: 1875 × 1230 × 90 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999783" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">the artist</a> 1897
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<span class="text6">In this dramatic image Watts presents  the gaunt Old      Testament prophet Jonah warning the Ninevites to repent of their behaviour.      The sins he denounces are shown in three parallel friezes, based  on      <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculptures</span></a> from the walls of Nebuchadnezzar’s palace: gambling,      drunkenness, and greed – indicated  by a group of figures crawling up      to  the money bags scattered on the floor. </span>
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actions: expressive adults architecture avarice Bible: Old Testament clothing and personal items diseases and conditions drunkenness emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas features frieze gambling gesticulating interior - non-specific interiors Jonah leisure and pastimes man objects people preaching public and municipal recreational activities religion and belief religious robe work and occupations