Accession number
PML 145499, plate 070
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 70, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Engraved by Charles Heath and published in "Westall's illustrations of the Holy Bible in thirty-one plates", published: London: Hurst, Robinson & Co., 1821.
Production and publication detail below image: "Drawn by R. Westall, R. A." and "Engraved by Chas Heath". Title and caption below image: Isaac discovering that he had blessed Jacob instead of Esau. "And when Esau haeard the words of his Father he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said onto his Father,, bless me, even me, also, O my Father."---Genesis, Chap. XXVII, Ver. 34.--- London: Published Jan.1, 1821 by Hurst Robinson & Co. 90 Cheapside.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 70, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Engraved by Charles Heath and published in "Westall's illustrations of the Holy Bible in thirty-one plates", published: London: Hurst, Robinson & Co., 1821.
Production and publication detail below image: "Drawn by R. Westall, R. A." and "Engraved by Chas Heath". Title and caption below image: Isaac discovering that he had blessed Jacob instead of Esau. "And when Esau haeard the words of his Father he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said onto his Father,, bless me, even me, also, O my Father."---Genesis, Chap. XXVII, Ver. 34.--- London: Published Jan.1, 1821 by Hurst Robinson & Co. 90 Cheapside.
Description
1 print : steel engraving ; image: 119 x 92 mm; plate mark: 287 x 219 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Isaac sitting up in his bed with Jacob on his knees at the foot of the bed extending both arms up to Isaac. A small group of women are huddled together in the background on the far left.
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