Accession number
PML 145499, plate 114
Creator
Hubert, Jean Jacques, b.1760, 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 114, 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. 237 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 1r." and "page 237"; lettered below image "C.L. Marillier, del" "J.J. Hubert Sculp."
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering lacking the caption, volume and page number at head.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 114, 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. 237 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 1r." and "page 237"; lettered below image "C.L. Marillier, del" "J.J. Hubert Sculp."
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering lacking the caption, volume and page number at head.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 139 x 90 mm; sheet: 153 x 98 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows in left foreground a woman with three children and two dogs protecting themselves from a swarm of locusts flying in sky acorss open field. Two horses, with their backs facing the viewer, are tied to a ground platform with a man on top, lying on his back. Other figures and trees are in the background.
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