Accession number
PML 145499, plate 130
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 130, 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 published as plate XVII 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 Golden Calf. That he sang the calf and the dancing amd Moses' anger waxed not.--Exod. 32.v.19.: with production and publication detail below image: 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
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 130, 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 published as plate XVII 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 Golden Calf. That he sang the calf and the dancing amd Moses' anger waxed not.--Exod. 32.v.19.: with production and publication detail below image: 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: 101 x 76 mm; sheet: 143 x 108 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows in right foreground two men on a cliff - one standing and one kneeling with arms raised - with their backs to the viewer. In the far distance an illuminated calf form sits on a pedestal.
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