Accession number
PML 145499, plate 023
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 23, 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. 26 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tome. 1r." and "page 26".
Library's copy is a proof impression before lettering.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 23, 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. 26 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tome. 1r." and "page 26".
Library's copy is a proof impression before lettering.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 139 x 89 mm; sheet: 150 x 94 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Noah standing, with plate in both hands, at a brick pedestal with an open flame atop, people and animals are gathered around. A rainbow is in the left background and palm tree in right background.
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