The Ten Commandments: The Stoning of St Stephen, 1st version

This is one of a set of ten oil paintings based on Spencer’s illustrations for The Ten Commandments, commissioned by Robert Gathorne-Hardy in 1927 and published by the Mill House Press in 1934. The paintings were exhibited at the Leicester Galleries in February 1939. A proof copy of the corresponding lithograph is annotated ‘August 1938 in studio’, relating to the present oil painting. The original drawing is dated 1927. Spencer painted a second version in oils in 1964 (untraced). The scene corresponds to the sixth commandment, ‘Thou shalt not murder’.

Date: 1938
Tags: Biblical, Oil Paintings
Medium: Oil on canvas
Location: Unknown
Exhibition History: Leicester Galleries 1939 (15)