Study for an Illustration for 'Dalziel's Bible Gallery': 'Moses Views the Promised Land'

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Drawing details

Title: Study for an Illustration for 'Dalziel's Bible Gallery': 'Moses Views the Promised Land'
Date: 1880-81
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 27.0 x 20.0 cm
Location: Bewdley Museum, Worcestershire
Picture credit: Wyre Forest District Council Museum Service, Calderdale Museums and Arts
Reference number: 1974-370.9
Inscriptions: Inscribed on mount "S/L[?] ú3.3.0" in pencil.

Description

Centre of sheet: full-length study of Moses for the illustration 'Moses Views the Promised Land' for 'Dalziel's Bible Gallery' (1880-81). The pose of Moses is very similar to the finished illustration, although the study has a fuller robe and longer beard. Lower left of sheet: study for the head of Moses. The hood covering his head in the completed illustration is not shown. Upper right of sheet: study for the fingers of the right hand of Moses. 

Provenance

Presented to Bewdley Museum, Worcestershire, in the early 1930s 

Exhibition history

• 25 March 2005 to 03 May 2005, 'Lord Leighton: Nymphs and Nudes', Bewdley Museum, Worcestershire, Bewdley