Rebecca at the well sees the light

Alexandra Park in Autumn and a photo just a few days after Halloween when pumpkins dominated. Here is someone’s idea of a joke and brings a smile to me.
This statue has history: it replaces an earlier one of the very same nature that was placed in the park in 1865 but was damaged beyond repair in 1956. In 2004 Sculpture Andrew Sinclair created this replica, he only had a fuzzy photo of the original and so enlisted the help of a young 23yr old model called Naomi.

It is said that this original statue was based on the biblical character of Rebecca, in which two references come to light:
1) “Before he had finished speaking, there was Rebecca…. Coming out with her water jar on her shoulder.
The girl was very fair to look upon, a young girl, whom no man had known.
She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up.’ Genesis 24:1-27.”
2) The Betrothal and Marriage of Rebecca
Rebecca was the young woman who became the wife of Isaac, Sarah’s son. She came from a well-to-do family in upper Mesopotamia, now north eastern Syria. She was a relative of Abraham; her family background is given in Genesis 22:20-23.
Rebecca was beautiful, shrewd, energetic, physically robust and strong-willed. We first meet her at the well of Aram-naharaim, where she showed that she was willing to work, and confident enough to speak without fear to the strangers who had been sent by Abraham to find a wife for Isaac.
This moment, with its symbolism of the well and water, has been popular with artists through the ages.

Of course 'Halloween' is also derived from the bible: 'All Hallows' Eve', (The eve of 'All Saints Day'

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