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Dalziels' Bible Gallery: Illustrations from the Old Testament

Woodcuts by: Dalziel Brothers (English, active 1839–93)
After: Henry Hugh Armstead (English, 1828–1905)
After: Edward Armitage (English, 1817–1896)
After: Edward Frederick Brewtnall (English, 1846–1906)
After: Ford Madox Brown (English, 1821–1893)
After: Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (English, 1833–1898)
After: Edward Gurden Dalziel (English, 1849–1888)
After: Thomas Dalziel (English, 1823–1906)
After: Arthur Boyd Houghton (English, 1836–1875)
After: William Holman Hunt (English, 1827–1910)
After: Frederic, Lord Leighton (English, 1830–1896)
After: Arthur Murch (English, 1836–1885)
After: Frederick Richard Pickersgill (English, 1820–1900)
After: Sir Edward John Poynter (English, 1836–1919)
After: Frederick Sandys (English, 1829–1904)
After: Simeon Solomon (English, 1840–1905)
After: William Small (English, 1843–1929)
After: Francis Sylvester Walker (Irish, 1848–1916)
After: George Frederick Watts (English, 1817–1904)
1880

Medium/Technique Book, presentation copy illustrated with wood engravings
Dimensions Overall: 43.2 x 36.2 cm (17 x 14 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. Henry P. Rossiter
Accession Number53.2888
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

DescriptionCamden Press, London. Presentation copy, on India paper, proofs, inscribed to Miss Routledge by the Dalziel brothers, February 8, 1882.

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.

Wood engravings by the Dalziel brothers after H. H. Armstead, E. Armitage, E. F. Brewtnall, F. Madox Brown, E. Burne-Jones, E. G. Dalziel, A. B. Houghton, W. Holman Hunt, Frederic Lord Leighton, A. Murch, F. R. Pickersgill, E. J. Poynter, F. Sandys, S. Solomon, W. Small, F. S. Walker, G. F. Watts. Bound in whiteboard and parchment.