Accession number
PML 145499, plate 047
Creator
Taylor, Isaac, 1759-1829, engraver.
Published
London : Hurst & Co., 90 Cheapside, Jan. 1, 1820.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 47, 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 XI of Boydell's "Illustrations of Holy Writ", originally published: London : Boydell and Co., 1813-1815. This is a later impression for an 1820 edition of Boydell's work, published: London : Hurst & Co., 1820.
Signed and dated within image and lettered with caption: Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire. Gen 19. v. 24.: with production and publication detail below: Isc. Taylor Jun. delt. Pub. Jan.1.1820. by Hurst & Co.90 Cheapside London Isc. Taylor sculpt.
Library's copy printed on india paper and backed with drawing paper.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 47, 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 XI of Boydell's "Illustrations of Holy Writ", originally published: London : Boydell and Co., 1813-1815. This is a later impression for an 1820 edition of Boydell's work, published: London : Hurst & Co., 1820.
Signed and dated within image and lettered with caption: Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire. Gen 19. v. 24.: with production and publication detail below: Isc. Taylor Jun. delt. Pub. Jan.1.1820. by Hurst & Co.90 Cheapside London Isc. Taylor sculpt.
Library's copy printed on india paper and backed with drawing paper.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 76 x 102 mm; sheet: 118 x 134 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Shows storm clouds hurling bolts of lightning and fire towards figures, horses, and structures below, with two figures lying in the foreground, one directly hit in the chest with a fire bolt.
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