Accession number
PML 145499, plate 107
Creator
Dambrun, Jean, 1741- engraver.
Published
[Paris : s.n., 1789]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Published caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 107, 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.
Engraving after a design by Marillier for an illustration for "La Sainte Bible" (Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1789), v. 1, p. 224 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 1r." and "page 224"; lettered below image: "C.P. Marillier in." "Dambrun. sculp."
Library's copy is closely trimmed, lacking the caption, volume and page number at head.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 107, 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.
Engraving after a design by Marillier for an illustration for "La Sainte Bible" (Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1789), v. 1, p. 224 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 1r." and "page 224"; lettered below image: "C.P. Marillier in." "Dambrun. sculp."
Library's copy is closely trimmed, lacking the caption, volume and page number at head.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 138 x 91 mm; sheet: 147 x 97 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows one snake devouring another in the foreground before Pharoah's throne as Moses, Aaron, and others look on.
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