The Ten Commandments: The Man who picked up Sticks on the Sabbath (alt. title: Cain and Abel)

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. A proof copy of the corresponding lithograph is annotated by the artist, ‘Dec 1938 In studio/Original drawing?’. The paintings were exhibited at the Leicester Galleries in February 1939.

Date: 1938
Inscriptions: ll: GILBERT SPENCER
Tags: Biblical, Oil Paintings
Medium: Oil on canvas
Height (mm): 737
Width (mm): 502
Location: Private collection
Exhibition History: Leicester Galleries 1939 (13); New Grafton Gallery, London, 'Gilbert Spencer' November 1984 (55) as 'Cain and Abel'
Provenance: The artist; Christie's, London 4 March 1988 as 'Cain and Abel'