Skip to main content
Advanced Search

"The Foolish Virgins," Illustration to "The Parable of the Ten Virgins" from "The Parables of Our Lord"

(English, 1829–1896)
(English, active 1839–93)
1864
Medium/TechniqueWood engraving; burnished India proof, with notes from the artist to the engraver in graphite pencil, and touched with opaque white watercolor
DimensionsBlock: 14.1 x 10.9 cm (5 9/16 x 4 5/16 in.); Sheet: 20.4 x 16.6 cm (8 1/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession number55.3202
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptionsl.l.: "DALZIEL Sc"; margins in graphite pencil: notes from artist to engraver
ProvenanceHarold Hartley, England (1851-1943): to Sir Harold Hartley, London, England (1878-1972); from whom purchased by MFA April 14,1955.