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Collection Item: The Delivery of the Law

Basic info

Collection
Fine Art
Title
The Delivery of the Law
Moses Presenting the Ten Commandments
Object name
Engraving
Object category
Work on paper
Object subcategory
Print
Creators
Raphael (Artist)
Cook, J.W. (Engraver)
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ()
()
Description
Rouletted engraving depicting Moses descending Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Ten Commandments, to a waiting crowd. Light radiates from his head. JWK monogram on reverse: belonged to John Ward Knowles.
Production date start
1837
Production date end
1901
Period
Victorian

More info

Identification

Object number
YORAG : 2010.161
Number of objects
1
ID
20012405

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Ink on paper (Whole)
Dimensions
Whole height 49.3 cm
Whole width 68.7 cm

Production

Creators
Raphael (Artist)
Cook, J.W. (Engraver)
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ()
()
Technique
Printed