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Landscape Illustrations Of The Bible

Print
1833 (drawn), 1836 (published)
Artist/Maker
John Murray (publishers)
Finden (engraver)
W. E. Fitzmaurice (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Etching from Volume I of 'Landscape Illustrations Of The Bible'. Half bound in brown. Each plate lettered with names of artists, and variously 'London, Published 1835 (or 1834 or 1836), by John Murray, & Sold also by C.Tilt, 86, Fleet Street'. Each plate numbered. According to the lettering, the sketch was taken on the spot in 1833.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Landscape Illustrations Of The Bible (series title)
  • The Town Of Shechem, (Naplous) (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Paper
Etching
Brief description
Etching by the Finden Brothers entitled 'The Town Of Shechem, (Naplous)', after a drawing by W. E. Fitzmaurice, for a publication entitled 'Landscape Illustrations Of The Bible', vol I, with descriptions by the Reverend T. H. Horne. Great Britain, 1836.
Physical description
Etching from Volume I of 'Landscape Illustrations Of The Bible'. Half bound in brown. Each plate lettered with names of artists, and variously 'London, Published 1835 (or 1834 or 1836), by John Murray, & Sold also by C.Tilt, 86, Fleet Street'. Each plate numbered. According to the lettering, the sketch was taken on the spot in 1833.
Dimensions
  • Size of covers height: 31.1cm
  • Width: 23.9 cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Subjects depicted
Landscapes
Biblical Studies
Places depicted
Nablus
West Bank
Middle East
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
SP.258:4

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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