Elijah Meets the Widow of Zarephath and The Sacrifice of Elijah
detail from Elias yn Cael ei Borthi gan y Cigfran (Elijah Fed by the Ravens)

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales Two additional scenes, upper left of the print. larger image

about 1832-1842, published after 1865 Illustrated ballad sheet with three scenes from the story of Elijah. medium: ink on paper technique: woodcut artist: James Cope publisher: O. Evan Jones publisher: John Jones Private Collection Published by O. E. Jones, Llanrwst no earlier than 1865, but the blocks were probably reused from an earlier print.  (ObjectID=1136 ImageID=2173) Original File Name=_MG_8569e.jpg

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• as Elijah prays, God sends fire which burns up not only his sacrifice but also the altar itself; the people fall prostrate - story of Elijah - Elijah defies the priests of Baal  [1 Kings 18:36-39]
• Elijah fed by the raven(s): while the prophet is living by the brook, ravens bring him food - story of Elijah  [1 Kings 17:4-6]
• when the brook dries up, Elijah crosses over to the city of Zarephath; at the gate he meets a woman and her little son gathering wood - Elijah and the widow of Zarephath  [1 Kings 17:10]

Peter Lord, Words with Pictures: Welsh Images and Images of Wales in the Popular Press, 1640-1860 (Aberystwyth: 1995), p.96.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales