DALZIEL BROTHERS (wood-engraver), Edward John POYNTER (draughtsman)
Moses keeping Jethro's sheep
1863; published 1881
illustration for Dalziel's Bible Gallery, published by George Routledge & Sons, London, 1881

Medium
wood-engraving

Measurements
18.2 × 15.9 cm (image) 18.4 × 16.1 cm (sheet)

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

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Printing/Publishing
engraved and printed by Dalziel Brothers

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: DALZIEL Sc.
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: 18EJP(monogram)63

Accession Number
2929.208-4

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

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

Subjects (specific)
flocks illustrations (layout features) Moses (Abrahamic religion character) robes (main garments) sheep (genus) shepherd's staffs shepherds Story of Exodus (Old Testament narrative)

Movements
Victorian