Accession number
PML 145500, plate 035
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. 2 (PML 145500), as plate 35, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145500-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Designed and engraved by Isaac Taylor as plate XXX 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 expiation of uncertain murder. And the elders of the city shall wash their hands. ̲ Deut. 21. v. 6; 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.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500), as plate 35, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145500-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Designed and engraved by Isaac Taylor as plate XXX 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 expiation of uncertain murder. And the elders of the city shall wash their hands. ̲ Deut. 21. v. 6; 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: 101 x 76 mm; sheet: 142 x 108 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows elders standing on rocks washing their hands from a bowl held by a kneeling servant, a shrouded body lying in foreground.
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