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This is the original wood block used to produce the illustration 'Elijah and the Widow's Son' which was published in 'Dalziels' Bible Gallery' (1881). The design on the woodblock is seen in reverse from the final printed version, with the paper remaining uninked where the wood has been gouged out. This is most strikingly evident in the deeply gouged section at the top of the woodblock which creates the blanching effect of strong sunlight in the printed illustration.LM

  • Acquired through the Executors of J N Hart, c.1965.
  • © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery

Makers

Association Artist Organisation
Designer Ford Madox Brown -
Engraver - Dalziel Brothers

Inscriptions

Type Position(s) Method Date(s) Notes
DALZIEL Sc
Maker's name bottom right Engraved - In reverse
 
Elijah & the Widow's Son/ 88/ Dalziel/ BAM loan J N Hart Esq No 35 [label]/ 515 [label]
Title bottom right Handwritten - Title, Dalziel and 88 in Dalziel Brothers' handwriting. Dalziel written perpendicular to other writing.. Ink.
 

Exhibitions

Catalogue No. Venue Date(s)
Book Illustration of the 'Sixties'
515 Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery 1924 - 1924
 
Ford Madox Brown: The Unofficial Pre-Raphaelite
41 Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery 2008-08-27 - 2008-12-14
 

Literature

Author(s) Date(s) Publisher Pages
Ford Madox Brown: The Unofficial Pre-Raphaelite
Angela Thirlwell, Laura MacCulloch, Tessa Sidey, Tim Barringer 2008 D. Giles Limited, London pp. 58, 66; repr. p. 72

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