Accession number
PML 145499, plate 067
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 67, 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. 89 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 1r." and "page 89".
Library's copy is a proof impression before letters.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 67, 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. 89 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 1r." and "page 89".
Library's copy is a proof impression before letters.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 139 x 90 mm; sheet: 153 x 97 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Esau standing on left, with bow in right hand and two dogs at his side, extending his left arm and hand towards Isaac. Isaac is seated beside a cooking fire extending his right arm and hand towards Esau and stirs the contents of a bowl on the fire with his left hand. Branches, a large jar and bowls rest on the ground in the foreground.
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