Wood engraving on paper
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Illustrations for ‘Dalziel’s Bible Gallery’, engraved by the Dalziel Brothers
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Cain and Abel
Presented by Gilbert Dalziel 1924
Abel
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
adults
animals: features
animals: mammals
Bible: Old Testament
birth to death
body
brother
Cain
corpse
crime and punishment
death
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
family
fleeing
fur / hide
Genesis, chapter 4
guilt
landscape
lying down
man
murder
people
religion and belief
rocky
sheep
society
<p>This design illustrates the story of the first two sons of Adam and Eve, Cain a farmer and Abel a shepherd. The brothers sacrifice the products of their labour to God: Cain offers meat from his flock and Abel the results of his harvest. But God was more pleased with Abel’s offering, and Cain’s jealousy results in the brutal murder of his brother, shown here.</p><p>Leighton suffered from producing such detailed work; he wrote to the Dalziels, ‘I very much regret I find that the minute work – which I cannot satisfy myself – on these drawings has proved terribly trying to my eyes’.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2008</em></p>
paper print wood engraving
9 August 2004 – 8 August 2005
2005-08-08
1 March 2004
2004-03-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-08-09
19th Century Illustration
Collection based display
Cain and Abel
image: 178 × 159 mm
Presented by Gilbert Dalziel 1924
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<span class="text7">This design illustrates the story of the  first two      sons of Adam and Eve, Cain a farmer and Abel a shepherd. The brothers      sacrifice the products of their labour to God: Cain offers meat from his      flock and Abel the results of his harvest. But God was more pleased with      Abel’s offering, and Cain’s jealousy results in the brutal      murder of his brother, shown here.  </span>
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<span class="text7">Leighton suffered from producing such detailed work; he      wrote to the Dalziels,  ‘I very much regret I find that the minute      work – which I cannot satisfy myself – on these <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> has      proved terribly trying to my eyes’. </span>
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Abel actions: expressive actions: postures and motions adults animals: features animals: mammals Bible: Old Testament birth to death body brother Cain corpse crime and punishment death emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas family fleeing fur / hide Genesis, chapter 4 guilt landscape lying down man murder people religion and belief rocky sheep society