MAKE A MEME View Large Image The Fifth Plague of Egypt, New Orleans Museum of Art.jpg This painting was done by British painter Joseph Mallord William Turner in 1800 for the Royal Academy exhibition in London This painting depicts hail which was the seventh plague as ...
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Keywords: The Fifth Plague of Egypt, New Orleans Museum of Art.jpg This painting was done by British painter Joseph Mallord William Turner in 1800 for the Royal Academy exhibition in London This painting depicts hail which was the seventh plague as described in the Book of Exodus rather than the death of livestock which was the actual fifth plague This painting actually belongs to the Indianapolis Museum of Art home to the largest Turner collection outside the UK The painting came to New Orleans as a result of a Super Bowl wager between the two museums at the beginning of 2010 where the losing city's museum loans an artwork to the winning city's museum for three months 2010's Super Bowl pitted the Indianapolis Colts against the New Orleans Saints and the Saints' victory was a huge morale booster for a town that had been devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 WHO DAT GEAUX SAINTS Speaking of Indianapolis Museum of Art I had planned to visit it during my week-long business trip to Indianapolis in April 2008 but scrapped that when the trip turned extremely sour and I ended up going home a day early Glad to see at least this painting under much more pleasant circumstances Flickr http //flickr com/photos/56619626 N05/8229464002 The Fifth Plague of Egypt New Orleans Museum of Art 2010-05-30 10 49 10 http //www flickr com/people/56619626 N05 InSapphoWeTrust User Flickr upload bot/upload 19 33 9 December 2012 UTC Infrogmation cc-by-sa-2 0 Original painting is PD-old-100 The Fifth Plague of Egypt Turner - Indianapolis Museum of Art - DSC00690 JPG Joseph Mallord William Turner - The Fifth Plague of Egypt - Google Art Project jpg Paintings in the New Orleans Museum of Art Paintings by Joseph Mallord William Turner in the United States 1800 paintings Fifth Plague of Egypt Cattle Plague Template artwork possible
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