Accession number
PML 145499, plate 030
Creator
Taylor, Isaac, 1787-1865.
Published
ca. 1813.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from caption title of published illustration.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 30, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Drawing inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Drawing by Isaac Taylor jun. for an engraving for plate IX of Boydell's "Illustrations of Holy Writ", originally published: London : Boydell and Co., 1813-1815.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 30, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Drawing inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Drawing by Isaac Taylor jun. for an engraving for plate IX of Boydell's "Illustrations of Holy Writ", originally published: London : Boydell and Co., 1813-1815.
Description
1 drawing.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Drawing illustrates Genesis, chapter 14, verse 19, and shows king standing under a canopy, resting on the backs of kneeling figure, extending his right arm and pointing down to bearded warrior with his arms crossed over his chest resting on his knees, a pyramid-shaped structure along with a classical structure stand in the background, three bowing figures and baskets are in the foreground.
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