Accession number
PML 145499, plate 031
Creator
Taylor, Isaac, 1759-1829, engraver.
Published
London : Hurst & Co., 90 Cheapside, 1820.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 31, 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 by Isaac Taylor after a drawing by Isaac Taylor jr., published as plate IX of Boydell's "Illustrations of Holy Writ", originally published: London : Boydell and Co., 1813-1815.
Signed and dated within image and lettered with caption "Melchizedek blessing Abram. and said blesed be Abram of the most high God.---Gen. 14.v.19.", with production and publication detail below image: "Isc. Taylor Jun. delt." and "Pub. Jan.1.1820. by Hurst & Co.90 Cheapside London" and "Isc. Taylor sculpt."
Library's copy printed on india paper and backed with drawing paper
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 31, 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 by Isaac Taylor after a drawing by Isaac Taylor jr., published as plate IX of Boydell's "Illustrations of Holy Writ", originally published: London : Boydell and Co., 1813-1815.
Signed and dated within image and lettered with caption "Melchizedek blessing Abram. and said blesed be Abram of the most high God.---Gen. 14.v.19.", with production and publication detail below image: "Isc. Taylor Jun. delt." and "Pub. Jan.1.1820. by Hurst & Co.90 Cheapside London" and "Isc. Taylor sculpt."
Library's copy printed on india paper and backed with drawing paper
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 100.5 x 75 mm; sheet: 143 x 107.5 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print 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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