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Gédeon dé́fait les madianites [print] / Marillier inv. ; Patas. sculp.

Accession number
PML 145500, plate 056
Creator
Patas, Charles Emmanuel, b. 1744, 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 56, 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. 37 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 3e." and "page 37"; lettered below image: "Marillier inv." "Patas. 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 90 mm; sheet: 151 x 96 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows soldiers, under a moon lit sky, chasing off a group of people and their camels.
Classification
Department