Accession number
PML 145499, plate 092
Creator
Warren, Ambrose William, 1781?-1856, engraver.
Published
London : Walker & Co., Paternoster Row, May 1815.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 92, 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: And he searched and began at the eldest and left at the youngest and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. Genesis: Chap. 44th. Ver. 12th.: with production and publication detail below: Painted by E Bird. R.A. ; Engraved by Amb. Wm. Warren. London, Published May.1815, by Walker & Co. Paternoster Row.
Library's copy printed on chine collé on sheet 331 x 233 mm
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 92, 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: And he searched and began at the eldest and left at the youngest and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. Genesis: Chap. 44th. Ver. 12th.: with production and publication detail below: Painted by E Bird. R.A. ; Engraved by Amb. Wm. Warren. London, Published May.1815, by Walker & Co. Paternoster Row.
Library's copy printed on chine collé on sheet 331 x 233 mm
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 118 x 89 mm; sheet: 270 x 215 mm; plate mark: 288 x 217 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Benjamin standing on the left looking up to the sky with his arms raised. A group of men stand behind him, one of whom holds up a metal chalice. In the foreground, a man is kneeling before Benjamin covering his face with is left hand. On the right, a man extends his arms towards Benjamin over the back of a donkey.
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