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Joseph expliquant les songes de Pharaon [print] / Dietrich ; delé. par Płoński ; gravé à l' eau-forte par Lerouge ; teré par Dambrun.

Accession number
PML 145499, plate 088
Creator
Dambrun, Jean, 1741- engraver.
Published
[Paris : Chez Filhol?, 1810]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title from inscription from Filhol.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 88, 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.
Print engraved by Dambrun after drawing by Płoński after a painting by Koninck, published as plate 458 in v. 7 of "Galerie du Musée Napoléon" (Paris : Filhol, 1804-1828).
Lettered at head: Dietrich; numbered at upper left: No. 458; lettered at upper right: Ecole Flamde; at lower left: Delé. Par. Płoński; at center: Gravé à l' Eau-forte par Lerouge. lower right: Teré par Dambrun.
Library's copy is a proof before final lettering.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 137 x 112 mm; sheet: 206 x 151 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Joseph interpreting Pharaoh's dreams; Joseph kneeling in front of the Pharaoh who sits on a throne under a canopy at right, a scribe in right foreground, others attending.
Classification
Department