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Naomi and her daughters-in-law [print] / Isc. Taylor Jun. delt. ; Isc. Taylor sculpt.

Accession number
PML 145500, plate 072
Creator
Taylor, Isaac, 1759-1829, engraver.
Published
London : Hurst & Co., 90 Cheapside, Jan. 1, 1820.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500), as plate 72, 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 by Charles Marr after a drawing by Isaac Taylor jr., published in Boydell's "Illustrations of Holy Writ" (London : Hurst & Co., 1820).
Signed and dated within image and lettered with caption: Naomi and her daughters in law. And Orpah kissed her mother in law, but Ruth clave unto her. ̲ Ruth 1. v. 14.; with production and publication detail below: Isc. Taylor Jun. delt. Pub. Jan.1.1820. by Hurst & Co.90 Cheapside London Isc. Taylor sculpt.
Library's copy printed on india paper and backed with drawing paper.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 101 x 75 mm; sheet: 143 x 108 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows three woman standing on a mound, Orpah at left hugging her mother-in-law in the center, and Naomi shrugging away at right.
Classification
Department