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The Burial of Abraham [print] / Isc. Taylor Jun. delt. ; Isc. Taylor sculpt.

Accession number
PML 145499, plate 066
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 66, 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.
Designed and engraved by Isaac Taylor as plate XIII 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: And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah_Gen 25 v. 9.: 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 chine collé.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 75 x 101 mm; sheet: 118 x 132 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Shows a parade of mourners dressed in white robes descending into a cave. A man, with his head held down, walks with his horse in the foreground.
Classification
Department