The Plague of Locusts

The Egyptian farao refused to let Moses and his people leave Egypt. God therefore let Moses punish Egypt with a series of plagues, including this one. Moses (holding his stick) and his brother Aaron call the winds to blow the locusts in their direction.

Dramatically this is not one of Tissot's stronger works. The two figures lack emotion as we can't see their faces. The detailed buildings show that Tissot had made a study of Middle Eastern architecture.