Accession number
PML 145499, plate 014
Creator
Fittler, James, 1758-1835, engraver.
Published
[London : s.n., Aug. 1791]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 14, 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.
Engraved by James Fittler after a painting by Luca Giordano and published as a chapter headpiece illustration in: The Holy Bible / ornamented with engravings by James Fittler from celebrated pictures by old masters. London : Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, & J. Fittler, 1795.
Lettered in the image 'Genesis / Ch. IV. v. 8.'; below the image 'Done from the Original Picture of Luca Giordano, in the Possession of Lord Viscount Cremorn. / R. Bowyer del. / Published Augt. 1791. / J. Fittler sculpt'.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 14, 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.
Engraved by James Fittler after a painting by Luca Giordano and published as a chapter headpiece illustration in: The Holy Bible / ornamented with engravings by James Fittler from celebrated pictures by old masters. London : Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, & J. Fittler, 1795.
Lettered in the image 'Genesis / Ch. IV. v. 8.'; below the image 'Done from the Original Picture of Luca Giordano, in the Possession of Lord Viscount Cremorn. / R. Bowyer del. / Published Augt. 1791. / J. Fittler sculpt'.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 131 x 79 mm; sheet: 161 x 99 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows God descending from clouds at upper left to reproach Cain, who kneels on a hillside in the distance, for killing his brother Abel, who lies in the foreground, a dog sitting beside him; in a roundel on an architectural plinth with the biblical reference on plaques, swags, cherubs and agricultural goods and implements.
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