Accession number
PML 145500, plate 036
Creator
Delvaux, Remi-Henri-Joseph, 1748-1823, engraver.
Published
[Paris : s.n., 1789]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title from "La Sainte Bible".
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500), as plate 36, 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.
Engraving after a design by Marillier for an illustration for "La Sainte Bible" (Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1789), v. 2, p. 434 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 2e." and "page 434"; lettered below image: "C. P. Marillier inv." "1790" "R. Delvaux fécit."
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering lacking the caption, volume and page number at head.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500), as plate 36, 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.
Engraving after a design by Marillier for an illustration for "La Sainte Bible" (Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1789), v. 2, p. 434 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 2e." and "page 434"; lettered below image: "C. P. Marillier inv." "1790" "R. Delvaux fécit."
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering lacking the caption, volume and page number at head.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 139 x 90 mm; sheet: 148 x 96 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows the body of Moses being carried by two angels inflight. Both angels are looking up at bearded man in robe standing on rock to the right.
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