Accession number
PML 145499, plate 020
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 20, 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. 23 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 1r." and "page 23".
Library's copy is a proof impression before lettering.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 20, 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. 23 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 1r." and "page 23".
Library's copy is a proof impression before lettering.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 139 x 89 mm; sheet: 156 x 97 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows people and animals seeking higher ground during the flood; on the right, a woman, standing on higher ground, is lifting an infant up to a man perched high in a tree.
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