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Title:
Study for an Illustration for 'Dalziel's Bible Gallery': 'Samson at the Mill'
Date:
1863-64
Media:
Ink on white paper
Dimensions:
20.2 x 18.9 cm
Location:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Picture credit:
By Courtesy of the Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum
Reference number:
E.325-1893
Inscriptions:
Stamped lower centre "A16". Inscribed on reverse of backing card "66" in black chalk, and "SKS / g.7cl [illegible] 1894"
Study for the composition of the illustration entitled 'Samson at the Mill' for the 'Dalziel's Bible Gallery' (published in 1881). Mounted with a print of the completed illustration.
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); purchased by the Fine Art Society (Fine Art Society reference number A16, originally priced at ú3:3:0); one of 55 drawings purchased by the Victoria and Albert Museum from the Fine Art Society for a total of ú135:18:0 (including a 10% discount) in 1896
No image on this website may be reproduced without the prior permission of the owner.
Illustration for 'Dalziel's Bible Gallery': 'Samson at the Mill'
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