Accession number
PML 145499, plate 019
Published
[Paris : s.n., 1789]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Published caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 19, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Engraving after a design by Marillier for an illustration for "La Sainte Bible" (Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1789), v. 1, p. 21 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 1r." and "page 21".
Library's copy is a proof impression before lettering.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 19, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Engraving after a design by Marillier for an illustration for "La Sainte Bible" (Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1789), v. 1, p. 21 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 1r." and "page 21".
Library's copy is a proof impression before lettering.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 107 x 143 mm; sheet: 159 x 174 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Noah with a staff, at right, surrounded by his family and making his way to the Ark, shown in the background at far left; a procession of animals, walking in pairs, wends its way to a boarding platform leading into the Ark's interior, as a flock of birds follows them into the Ark overhead.
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