Accession number
PML 145500, plate 053
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 053, 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. 3, p.30 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 3e." and "page 30"; 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 053, 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. 3, p.30 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 3e." and "page 30"; 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: 151 x 96 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows an angel stoking a flame at the base of a tree, which stands on a low pedestal. A kneeling man is lpooking up at the angel and making a gesture towards the flame.
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