1860-1866 Watercolour on cream wove paper, mounted on card with gold leaf bevelled margins
220 x 160 mm. Bequest: George Powell 1882
This work, called 'The Severed Hand' on Powell's handwritten lists and previously catalogued as 'The Noll's Hands', illustrates the Icelandic legend 'Jóra the Troll'
Book illustration for the Icelandic legend 'Jóra the Troll'; foreground, two giant troll's hands emerge from beneath the sea; background, sea cliffs topped with an ice field / snow, the latter descending the cliffs in a frozen waterfall. Painted in light washes with minimal detail.
