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Joseph distributes corn

DALZIEL BROTHERS (wood-engraver), Edward John POYNTER (draughtsman)
Joseph distributes corn
 1864; published 1881
illustration for Dalziel's Bible Gallery, published by George Routledge & Sons, London, 1881

Medium
wood-engraving

Measurements
16.1 × 18.7 cm (image) 16.3 × 18.9 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Percival Serle, 1952

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Printing/Publishing
engraved and printed by Dalziel Brothers

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: 18EJP(monogram)64

Accession Number
2929.204-4

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Literary and Text Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
apportioning children (people by age group) corn (species) Egypt (nation) illustrations (layout features) Joseph, son of Jacob (Old Testament character) scales (weighing devices) women (female humans)

Movements
Victorian

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