Moses Strikes the Rock,Etching and Engraving by Charles Butterworth

Moses Strikes the Rock,Etching and Engraving by Charles Butterworth
Description
Water gushing from the rock as Moses strikes it with his staff, with Aaron beside him on the left and Israelites in the foreground, collapsing from thirst and drinking greedily from the stream that has been formed, including a woman lying in another's lap on the extreme right; illustration to 'The Royal Standard Devotional Family Bible', with notes and observations by Rev. Samuel Green. 1814

Etching and engraving by Charles Butterworth
Other name: Butterworth and Heath
Details:individual; printmaker; American (USA); British; Male
Other dates 1856-1884 (fl. as Butterworth and Heath)
Biography
Wood-engraving firm, as Charles Butterworth alone from 1884 (engraver and wood-engraver who exhibited at the RA from 1887 to 1896).
The BM owns several woodcuts portraits. The studio went on using these two names after the death of Butterworth in 1840.
To Know More About him:
Bibliography R K Engen, 'Dictionary of Victorian Engravers, Print Publishers and Their Works', 1979
Remarkable detail in this fine etching done by Butterworth & Heath 5c .
This is a etching of a 17th century painting.
Plate marks 19 "x12" The frame measures 23.5" x 15.5 "
Very nice antique condition. The frame is lightly distressed. less