The Rock of Salvation (1837) by Samuel Colman, Art Print from the Original on Canvas

Original dimensions: 61.3 cm x 74.3 cm.

'The Rock of Salvation', former title 'The Mysterious Island'.

Samuel Colman was a Protestant dissenter from the Church of England and produced many paintings that functioned both as religious and political sermons. Like his earlier work 'The Delivery of Israel out of Egypt', which showed Moses poised on a pinnacle of rock beneath a pillar of fire symbolising God’s deliverance of the Israelites from slavery, Colman portrays Christ as a symbol of salvation, placing the crucifix at the summit of a rocky island.

He likens Christ’s death to a burnt offering (the highest sacrifice according to scripture) by showing black smoke ascending skyward from the cross, linking—like the pillar of fire—heaven and earth, the divine and the human. Colman’s preoccupation with themes of deliverance and salvation can be tied to his deeply felt religious and political convictions, including his opposition to slavery.

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