Accession number
PML 145499, plate 045
Creator
Patas, Charles Emmanuel, b. 1744, engraver.
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 45, 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. 60 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 1r." and "page 60"; lettered below image: "Marillier inv." "Patas. sc."
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering lacking the caption, volume and page number at head.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 45, 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. 60 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 1r." and "page 60"; lettered below image: "Marillier inv." "Patas. sc."
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering lacking the caption, volume and page number at head.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 138 x 89 mm; sheet: 153 x 96 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows, on the lower left, Lot fleeing the city with his two daughters. On the right, two women are assisting an older women over a hill. Buildings of the city are shown in the background.
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