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Jacob's Dream [print] / painted by W. Allston, A.R.A. ; engraved by E. Goodall.

Accession number
PML 145499, plate 071
Creator
Goodall, Edward, 1795-1870, engraver.
Published
London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Greene, Nov. 1829.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Illustration published in: The literary souvenir (London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Greene, 1830), p. 217 (facing)
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 71, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Signed and dated within image and lettered with caption: Jacob's Dream: with production and publication detail below: Painted by W. Allston, R.A. Engraved by E. Goodall. Printed by McQueen, Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Greene, Novr. 1829.
Library's copy printed on chine collé; sheet: 331 x 233 mm
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 75 x 115 mm; sheet: 120 x 183 mm; plate mark: 127 x 190 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Shows Jacob's dream of the ladder, with angels walking up and down to the heavens as he lies sleeping.q
Classification
Department