Study for an Illustration for 'Dalziel's Bible Gallery': 'Samson Carrying the Gates'

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Drawing details

Title: Study for an Illustration for 'Dalziel's Bible Gallery': 'Samson Carrying the Gates'
Date: 1863-64
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 18.7 x 21.8 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/962
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "No 62[?]" in pen and ink. (The sheet has been cut down so part of the number is not visible.)

Description

Traced study for the composition of the illustration 'Samson Carrying the Gates', for 'Dalziel's Bible Gallery' (1862-64, published 1881). 

Provenance

Bequeathed by the artist to his sisters, Mrs. Augusta Matthews (nTe Augusta Neunburg Leighton, 1835-1919) and Mrs. Alexandra Orr (nTe Alexandra Leighton, 1828-1903); presented to the Royal Academy of Arts, London by Matthews and Orr in 1896 

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