Accession number
PML 145499, plate 109
Creator
Delvaux, Remi-Henri-Joseph, 1748-1823, engraver.
Published
[Paris : s.n., 1789]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title from "La Sainte Bible".
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 109, 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. 225 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 1r." and "page 225"; lettered below image: "C. P. Marillier inv." "1790" "R. Delvaux fécit."
Library's copy is closely trimmed and lacking the caption, volume and page number at head.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 109, 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. 225 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 1r." and "page 225"; lettered below image: "C. P. Marillier inv." "1790" "R. Delvaux fécit."
Library's copy is closely trimmed and lacking the caption, volume and page number at head.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 149 x 92 mm; sheet: 148 x 98 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a group of children and adults huddled around a large jar in the foreground. A woman looks into the jar as she pushes away a child from its mouth. The body of an infant lies at far left, and a man attempts to drink from a small pool. A small boat is pulled to the steps of a launch in the middleground.
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