一列被沙尘暴驱散的东方旅行者（以色列人在云柱之前穿过荒野） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	一列被沙尘暴驱散的东方旅行者（以色列人在云柱之前穿过荒野）
品名（英）	A Column of Oriental Travelers Scattered by a Dust Storm (The Israelites Passing through the Wilderness Preceded by the Pillar of Clouds)
入馆年号	2007年，2007.404
策展部门	绘画和印刷品（Drawings and Prints）
创作者	William West【1801 至 1861】【英国人】
创作年份	公元 1820 - 公元 1840
创作地区	原产国: 大不列颠联合王国（Country of Origin: United Kingdom）
分类	图画（Drawings）
尺寸	页: 7 5/16 x 10 1/4 英寸 (18.6 x 26 厘米)
介绍（中）	韦斯特于19世纪20年代在布里斯托尔定居，并很快被当地艺术家公认为领袖。这幅作品属于他在1840年之前与布里斯托尔素描协会合作时绘制的一组单色画。成员们在彼此的家中会面，一位同时代的人记录说，韦斯特"在绘画派对上画了草图，让所有看到它们的人都感到高兴……主要是东方的场景……被……各种自然和奇异的光照亮。"，并刮到颜料中以产生高光。两个旋转的云柱让人想起了《旧约》中以色列人穿越西奈沙漠的主题，但仔细观察表明，西方很可能有意代表一列受到巨大沙尘暴威胁的东方骆驼。
介绍（英）	West settled in Bristol in the 1820s and was quickly recognized as a leader by local artists. This work belongs to a group of monochrome drawings he made while associated with the Bristol Sketching Society before 1840. Members met at one another's houses, and a contemporary recorded West as having made "sketches at the drawing parties which delight all who see them . . . chiefly Eastern scenes . . . illuminated by . . . all kinds of natural and preternatural light." Here, he laid in the primary elements using brown wash, then turned to pen and ink for details, and scratched into the pigment to create highlights. Two swirling pillars of cloud recall the Old Testament subject of the Israelites crossing the Sinai desert, but close inspection indicates that West likely intended to represent an oriental camel train threatened by huge dust devils.