Accession number
PML 145499, plate 133
Creator
Heath, Charles, 1785-1848, engraver.
Published
[London : Hurst, Robinson & Co., 90 Cheapside, 1815?
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Published title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 133, 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.
Engraved by Charles Heath and published as a t.p. vingnette for 1815 version The Holy Bible, published by White, Cochrane & Co., 1815.
Production and publication detail below image: "Drawn by R. Westall, R. A." and "Engraved by Chas Heath".
Library's copy printed on india paper and backed with drawing paper
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 133, 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.
Engraved by Charles Heath and published as a t.p. vingnette for 1815 version The Holy Bible, published by White, Cochrane & Co., 1815.
Production and publication detail below image: "Drawn by R. Westall, R. A." and "Engraved by Chas Heath".
Library's copy printed on india paper and backed with drawing paper
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering.
Description
1 print : steel engraving ; image: 281 x 217 mm; plate mark: 288 x 221 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows, suspended in clouds, a profile image of Moses kneeling on a hill with his arms and hands extended up receiving the stone tablet from the heavens.
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