Accession number
PML 145499, plate 096
Creator
Adam, Jakob, 1748-1811, engraver.
Published
[Paris? : s.n., 1802]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Published caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 96, 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.
A later, reengraved edition of an engraving after a design by Marillier, originally executed for an illustration for "La Sainte Bible" (Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1789), v. 1, p. 164 (facing).
Signed: "Marillier del." and "Jac. Adam sc. 1802"; numbered at upper right: "25".
Library's copy is closely trimmed with loss of caption.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 96, 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.
A later, reengraved edition of an engraving after a design by Marillier, originally executed for an illustration for "La Sainte Bible" (Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1789), v. 1, p. 164 (facing).
Signed: "Marillier del." and "Jac. Adam sc. 1802"; numbered at upper right: "25".
Library's copy is closely trimmed with loss of caption.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 139 x 89 mm; sheet: 134 x 93 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Jacob on his deathbed, laying his hands upon the heads of the children of Joseph as they kneel kneel at his bedside.
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