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The death of the first born [print] / Isc. Taylor Jun. delt. ; Isc. Taylor sculpt.

Accession number
PML 145499, plate 119
Creator
Taylor, Isaac, 1759-1829, engraver.
Published
London : Hurst & Co., 90 Cheapside, Jan. 1, 1820.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 119, 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.
Designed and engraved by Isaac Taylor as plate XX of Boydell's "Illustrations of Holy Writ", originally published: London : Boydell and Co., 1813-1815. This is a later impression for an 1820 edition of Boydell's work, published: London : Hurst & Co., 1820.
Signed and dated within image and lettered with caption: The death of the first born. Get you forth from among my people both ye and the children of Isreal._Exodus. 12. v. 41.: with production and publication detail below: Isc. Taylor Jun. delt. Pub. Jan.1.1820. by Hurst & Co.90 Cheapside London Isc. Taylor sculpt.
Library's copy printed on india paper and backed with drawing paper.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 75 x 101 mm; sheet: 118 x 134 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a group of people deeply mourning over a body lying on a bed sitting on a stepped platform. A woman kneeling at the foot of bed has both arms and hands raised above her head as she looks up to the sky.
Classification
Department