Accession number
PML 145500, plate 052
Creator
Adam, Jakob, 1748-1811, engraver.
Published
[Paris? : s.n., 1802]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500), as plate 52, 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.
A later, reengraved edition of an engraving after a design by Marillier, originally executed for an illustration for "La Sainte Bible" (Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1789), v. 3, p.21(facing).
Signed: "Marillier inv." and "Iac. Adam sc. Vienna 1802".
Library's copy is closely trimmed with loss of caption.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500), as plate 52, 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.
A later, reengraved edition of an engraving after a design by Marillier, originally executed for an illustration for "La Sainte Bible" (Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1789), v. 3, p.21(facing).
Signed: "Marillier inv." and "Iac. Adam sc. Vienna 1802".
Library's copy is closely trimmed with loss of caption.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 133 x 88 mm; sheet: 138 x 93 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows body of Sisera lying on the ground at opening of a tent. Barac is hold back the curtain of the tent as two soldiers motion with extended arms towards her.
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