Accession number
PML 145499, plate 079
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 79, 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.
Engraved by Isaac Taylor after a drawing by Isaac Taylor jr. and published as plate XV 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: Joseph sold by his brethren. And they sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites [sic] for twenty pieces of silver.--Gen 37 v. 28.: with production and publication information: Isc. Taylor Jun. delt. Pub. Jan.1.1820. by Hurst & Co.90 Cheapside London Isc. Taylor sculpt.
Library's copy printed on chine collé.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 79, 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.
Engraved by Isaac Taylor after a drawing by Isaac Taylor jr. and published as plate XV 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: Joseph sold by his brethren. And they sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites [sic] for twenty pieces of silver.--Gen 37 v. 28.: with production and publication information: 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: 76 x 100 mm; sheet: 118 x 133 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Shows Joseph on his knees pleading with his brothers as they accept a purse from a group of richly dressed men standing at right with a camel. A caravan of shepards, camels, and sheep moving across the valley in the far background.
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