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Aaron Before the Altar in the Holy Place [drawing].

Accession number
PML 145500, plate 011
Creator
Taylor, Isaac, 1787-1865.
Published
ca. 1813.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from caption title of published illustration.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500), as plate 011, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145500-06).
Drawing inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Drawing by Isaac Taylor jr. for an engraving for plate XXV of Boydell's "Illustrations of Holy Writ", originally published: London : Boydell and Co., 1813-1815.
Description
1 drawing
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Shows Aaron, with his right arm and hand extended, standing before a pedestal with flames and smoke rising. On the right, a large menorah with lighted candles sits on a low pedestal.
Classification
Department