Accession number
PML 145500, plate 039
Creator
Ghendt, Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de, 1738-1815, engraver.
Published
[Paris : s.n., 1791]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Published caption title.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500) as plate 039, 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. 453 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 2e." and "page 453"; lettered below image: "C. P. Marillier inv." "E. De Ghendt. sculp."
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 039, 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. 453 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 2e." and "page 453"; lettered below image: "C. P. Marillier inv." "E. De Ghendt. sculp."
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering lacking the caption, volume and page number at head.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 138 x 89 mm; sheet: 148 x 95 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows in a clearing a soldier kneeling tying a sandle onto his left foot. He is looking up at another soldier who is holding out a sword over the kneeling soldier's head.
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