"Among subjects of sacred history the story of 'Jephthah's Daughter' has been one of the most attractive from the bible.  It has been painted a great many times, but that does not lessen the interest in the theme, or the charm which belongs to the poetical interpretation of the subject by Professor Julius Schrader, of Berlin, after whose picture our engraving was taken.  The daughter of Jephthah, surrounded by her companions, is seated upon the mountain-side, on the morning of the day when she is to return to her father, to be dealt with according to his vow.  The Jewish maiden is calm but sad, and she heeds not the tears of her fellows. As the poet said:  'And she who was to die, the calmest one, In Israel at that hour, stood up alone, and waited for the sun to set.'   At the moment, the music of the harp is stilled and the timbrel rests unheeded at the maiden's feet.  

Professor Schrader was born in Berlin, and entered the school of the Royal Academy of that city, and subsequently that of Dusseldorf, where in 1838 his name appears among the pupils of Hildebrandt."  (Art Journal 1877)