Study for an Illustration for 'Dalziel's Bible Gallery': 'Moses Views the Promised Land'

Drawing details

Title: Study for an Illustration for 'Dalziel's Bible Gallery': 'Moses Views the Promised Land'
Date: c.1881
Media: Black chalk and ink on paper
Dimensions: 22.7 x 14.3 cm
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Picture credit: By Courtesy of the Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum
Reference number: E.951-1948
Inscriptions: Stamped on reverse, lower left "j : P : H :." in red ink, the mark of the collection of John Postle Heseltine (etcher of landscapes and collector, 1843-1929).

Description

Study for the composition of the illustration entitled 'Moses Views the Promised Land' for 'Dalziel's Bible Gallery'. Mounted with a proof of the engraving (reference number E.952-1948). 

Provenance

Collection of John Postle Heseltine (etcher of landscapes and collector, 1843-1929); bequeathed to the Victoria and Albert Museum by Henry Herbert Harold in 1948 

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, figure 78