Dalziels' Bible Gallery: Illustrations from the Old Testament
Title, contents, etc., followed by 62 wood engravings on India paper mounted on light ivory card. Binding is 1/2 vellum over boards, with the title and ornament printed in red and gold, with green floral end papers. The Dalziel Brothers began a project for an illustrated bible in 1863, commissioning images from leading artists, and beginning to engrave the designs into blocks, but publication was then delayed until 1881. This example of the first English edition of 1000, is numbered 238.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dalziels' Bible Gallery: Illustrations from the Old Testament
- Series/Portfolio: Dalziels' Bible Gallery
- Engraver: Dalziel Brothers (British, active 1839–93)
- Artist: After Edward Armitage (British, London 1817–1896 Tunbridge Wells, Kent)
- Artist: After Henry Hugh Armstead (British, London 1828–1905 London)
- Artist: After Edward Frederick Brewtnall (British, London 1846–1902 Chiswick, Middlesex)
- Artist: After Ford Madox Brown (British (born France), Calais 1820–1893 London)
- Artist: After Sir Edward Burne-Jones (British, Birmingham 1833–1898 Fulham)
- Artist: After Edward Gurden Dalziel (British, London 1849–1888)
- Artist: After Thomas Dalziel (British, Wooler, Northumberland 1823–1906 Herne Bay, Kent)
- Artist: After Arthur Boyd Houghton (British (born India), Madras 1836–1875 London)
- Artist: William Holman Hunt (British, London 1827–1910 London)
- Artist: After Frederic, Lord Leighton (British, Scarborough 1830–1896 London)
- Artist: After Arthur Murch (British, Bath 1836–1885 Aachen, Germany)
- Artist: After Frederick Richard Pickersgill (British, London 1820–1900 Yarmouth, Isle of Wight)
- Artist: After Sir Edward John Poynter (British (born France), Paris 1836–1919 London)
- Artist: After Frederick Augustus Sandys (British, Norwich 1829–1904 London)
- Artist: After William Small (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1843–1931 Worcester)
- Artist: After Simeon Solomon (British, London 1840–1905 London)
- Artist: After Francis Sylvester Walker (Irish, County Meath 1848–1916)
- Artist: After George Frederic Watts (British, London 1817–1904 London)
- Publisher: George Routledge & Sons, London London
- Printer: Camden Press (British, London)
- Date: 1881
- Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving
- Dimensions: 16 7/8 x 14 3/8 x 1 3/8 in. (42.8 x 36.5 x 3.5 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Gift of Sinclair Hamilton, 1965
- Object Number: 65.629.14
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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