GENESIS MOSES STRIKES ROCK WATER DESERT, 1869 BIBLE Religion Art Print Engraving

Description: STRIKING THE ROCK Artist: Joseph Durham ____________ Engraver: W. Roffe Note: the title in the table above is printed below the engraving CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE 19th CENTURY ANTIQUE PRINTS LIKE THIS ONE!! PRINT DATE: This lithograph was printed in 1869; it is not a modern reproduction in any way. PRINT SIZE: Overall print size is 7 1/2 inches by 10 1/2 inches including white borders, actual scene is 6 inches by 8 1/2 inches. PRINT CONDITION: Condition is excellent. Bright and clean. Blank on reverse. Paper is quality woven rag stock paper. SHIPPING: Buyer to pay shipping, domestic orders receives priority mail, international orders receive regular air mail unless otherwise asked for. Please allow time for personal check to clear. We take a variety of payment options, more payment details will be in our email after auction close. We pack properly to protect your item! FROM THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: About three years ago a very beautiful drinking fountain, architectural in character, was erected on the western, side of Guildhall Yard as a memorial of certain ancient wealthy citizens, benefactors of the parish in which the magnificent corporation hall stands. The structure is designed in the style of ornamental Gothic, is constructed of stone, the canopy being supported by red marble pillars. On the front and back sides of the upper storey stand small sculptured figures representing respectively Hope and Charity; on one of the other sides is engraved a list of the names of the principal parochial benefactors, and on the other the names of the rector of the parish, his churchwardens, and of other citizens who interested themselves in the erection of the fountain. In front of the lower division appears a bronze panel-not marble, as erroneously stated beneath our engraving-designed and modeled by Mr. Joseph Durham, A.E.A., who has most felicitously and appropriately adopted for its subject, Moses striking the rock at Horeb, in Eephidim, as related in the Book of Exodus, when the Israelite murmured against him for lack of water:- "And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me. "And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. "Behold I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and' there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel."-EXODUS xvii. 4,5,6. It is well when artists engaged on any work which must attract the masses seek to invest it with what is instructive as much as with, if not more than, the qualities of good art. In this alto-relievo Mr. Durham has striven after and attained both, so that the wayfarer who would slake his thirst with the refreshing water may at the same time have his attention drawn to the lesson taught by what he sees represented before him; for in the fountain itself the supply issues only from a half-concealed spout in the riven rock at the point where the rod of Moses touches it, whence the water falls into a basin below. The figure of the great Hebrew leader and lawgiver is imposing: he stands in seeming reverential awe-his hand stretched slightly forward, and his head partially bent down-contemplating the stream which flows forth from the arid rock, and apparently wondering at the miracle God had given him the power to accomplish. On the other side of the composition is a touching group: a young Jewish mother holding a cup of water to the lips of her infant, who, with child-like eagerness, increased by its suffering from the drought, presses the vessel to its mouth, as if otherwise it could not drink fast enough. There is something very true to nature in this action of the child; and doubtless, with characteristic natural love-a feeling for which the Hebrew matron has in all ages been especially distinguished-this mother has supplied the want of her offspring before she has satisfied her own necessity. The alto-relievo is of comparatively small dimensions, but it is a work of great merit. BIOGRAPHY OF ARTIST: Joseph Durham (born in London, 1814; died in London, 27 Oct 1877) was an English sculptor. He was apprenticed to the sculptor John F. Francis and later worked under E. H. Baily. Between 1835 and 1878 he exhibited 128 works at the Royal Academy. He was elected ARA in 1868. Durham first attracted popular attention with his marble bust of Jenny Lind (exh. RA 1847; London, Royal Coll. Music), which was widely reproduced in porcelain by the Copeland factory. His most important commission was the Memorial to the Great Exhibition of 1851 (1863; London, Royal Albert Hall), which consists of a fountain surmounted by a bronze statue of Prince Albert and four figures representing the corners of the world. Durham's other commemorative works include marble statues of Euclid and of George Stephenson (both 1867; Oxford, U. Mus.) and those of Jeremy Bentham, William Harvey, John Milton and Isaac Newton (all 1869; London, RA, rear façade). He also produced numerous portrait busts, such as those of Sir George Pollock (marble, 1870; London, N.P.G.) and Hogarth (stone, 1875; London, Leicester Sq.). Please note: the terms used in our auctions for engraving, etching, lithograph, plate, photogravure etc. are ALL prints on paper, and NOT blocks of steel or wood or any other material. "ENGRAVINGS", the term commonly used for these paper prints, were the most common method in the 1700s and 1800s for illustrating old books, and these paper prints or "engravings" were created by the intaglio process of etching the negative of the image into a block of steel, copper, wood etc, and then when inked and pressed onto paper, a print image was created. These prints or engravings were usually inserted into books, although many were also printed and issued as loose stand alone lithographs. They often had a tissue guard or onion skin frontis to protect them from transferring their ink to the opposite page and were usually on much thicker quality woven rag stock paper than the regular prints. So this auction is for an antique paper print(s), probably from an old book, of very high quality and usually on very thick rag stock paper. A RARE FIND! AND GREAT DECORATION FOR YOUR OFFICE OR HOME WALL. Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.

Price: 9.83 USD

Location: New Providence, New Jersey

End Time: 2025-01-25T00:57:32.000Z

Shipping Cost: 7.95 USD