Accession number
PML 145499, plate 056
Creator
Heath, Charles, 1785-1848, engraver.
Published
London : Hurst, Robinson & Co., 90 Cheapside, 1821.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 56, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Print on sheet measuring 331 x 233 mm; bound into volume.
Engraved by Charles Heath and published as plate 2 of "Westall's illustrations of the Holy Bible in thirty-one plates", published: London: Hurst, Robinson & Co., 1821.
Signed and dated within image and lettered with caption: Hagar and Ishmael. "And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water: and she went and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink".---Genesis, Chap XXI. ver.19.--- London: Published Jan.1, 1821 by Hurst Robinson & Co. 90 Cheapside.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 56, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Print on sheet measuring 331 x 233 mm; bound into volume.
Engraved by Charles Heath and published as plate 2 of "Westall's illustrations of the Holy Bible in thirty-one plates", published: London: Hurst, Robinson & Co., 1821.
Signed and dated within image and lettered with caption: Hagar and Ishmael. "And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water: and she went and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink".---Genesis, Chap XXI. ver.19.--- London: Published Jan.1, 1821 by Hurst Robinson & Co. 90 Cheapside.
Description
1 print : steel engraving ; image: 118 x 91 mm; plate mark: 286 x 221 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Shows Hagar, on her knees, dipping a jar into a well with her right hand. Streaks of light shine from top of composition onto Hagar's back. A child, resting on its back, is in the lower left corner of the composition.
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