Moses Destroys the Tables [Tablets], from "Dalziels' Bible Gallery"
![Moses Destroys the Tables [Tablets], from "Dalziels' Bible Gallery" by Camden Press|Scribner and Welford|Dalziel Brothers|Edward Armitage](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/dp/thumb/moses-destroys-the-tables-tablets-from-dalziels-642908.webp)
Medium
Wood engraving on India paper, mounted on thin card
Dimensions
Image: 8 7/16 × 6 7/8 in. (21.4 × 17.5 cm) India sheet: 10 9/16 in. × 9 in. (26.8 × 22.8 cm) Mount: 16 7/16 in. × 12 15/16 in. (41.8 × 32.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous Gift, 1926
Accession Number
26.99.1(41)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *Moses Destroys the Tables [Tablets]*, a striking wood engraving from 1881, part of the lavish *Dalziels' Bible Gallery*. by Victorian painter Edward Armitage and masterfully engraved by the Dalziel Brothers—pioneers of fine woodblock printing—this image captures the dramatic biblical moment from Exodus 32, where Moses shatters the stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments upon the Israelites' idolatry with the golden calf. Published by Camden Press and distributed in the U.S. by Scribner and W, it exemplifies the Victorian fascination with illustrated Bibles, blending moral sto...
About the Artist
Camden Press|Scribner and Welford|Dalziel Brothers|Edward Armitage (British|American|British) · 1857 |1800 |1839 –1893 |1899 |1893
British, London|New York, NY|British, active 1839–93