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: 1863-64
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 21.3 x 12.8 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/951
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "No. 20" in pen and ink.

Interpretation

There is a detailed pen and ink drawing for this scene in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Description

Traced study for the composition of the illustration 'Moses Viewing the Promised Land', 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