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Joseph's coat brought to Jacob [print].

Accession number
PML 145499, plate 081
Creator
Deuchar, David, 1743-1808, etcher.
Published
[Edinburgh : s.n., between 1782-1803]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Etching by Deuchar after Rembrandt, from his collection of etchings published in Edinburgh between 1782-1803, entitled, "A Collection of Etchings after the Most Eminent Masters of the Dutch and Flemish Schools".
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 81, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Title and publication information from British Museum online catalog.
Description
1 print : etching ; image: 106 x 104 mm; sheet: 114 x 110 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Shows Jacob seated in front of a doorway, his head thrown back in an expression ofgrief as two of Joseph's brothers relate to their father the story of Joseph's alleged death; an old woman (Rachel) stands behind Jacob at far left.
Classification
Department