Study for an Illustration for 'Dalziel's Bible Gallery': 'The Escape of the Spies': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for an Illustration for 'Dalziel's Bible Gallery': 'The Escape of the Spies': Composition
Date: 1863-64
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 21.6 x 23.3 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0854
Inscriptions: Inscribed on reverse, centre "B8" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "320" encircled, in blue biro, scribbled out in blue biro.

Description

Study for the composition of the illustration 'The Escape of the Spies' for 'Dalziel's Bible Gallery' (published 1880-81). 

Provenance

Collection of Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 

Bibliography

• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.170 (listed under catalogue number 354) 

Reproductions

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