Study for 'Elijah in the Wilderness': Composition

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Elijah in the Wilderness': Composition
Date: c.1877-78
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 19.2 x 17.5 cm
Location: National Gallery of Victoria, Brisbane
Picture credit: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Reference number: 38-2
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink.

Description

Study for the painting 'Elijah in the Wilderness' (c.1877-78, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool). 

Provenance

Purchased for ú10.10.0 

Bibliography

  • Free, Renee and Laverty, Peter, 'Victorian Olympians', Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1975, p.33 catalogue number D5, illustrated on p.68 

Exhibition history

  • 20 June 1975 to 20 July 1975, 'Victorian Olympians', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, catalogue number D5
  • 12 August 1975 to 14 September 1975, 'Victorian Olympians', National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, catalogue number D5
  • 26 September 1975 to 26 October 1975, 'Victorian Olympians', Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, catalogue number D5

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