Accession number
PML 145500, plate 074
Creator
Heath, Charles, 1785-1848, engraver.
Published
London : Hurst, Robinson & Co., 90 Cheapside, 1821.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500), as plate 74, 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.
Engraved by Charles Heath and published in "Westall's illustrations of the Holy Bible in thirty-one plates", published: London: Hurst, Robinson & Co., 1821.
Production and publication detail below image: "Drawn by R. Westall, R. A." and "Engraved by Chas Heath". Title and caption below image: Ruth gleaning in the fields of Boaz. "Then said Boaz unto Ruth, hearest thou mot my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens."---Ruth, Chap. II, Ver. 8.--- LONDON: Pulished Jan.1, 1821 by Hurst Robinson & Co. 90 Cheapside.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500), as plate 74, 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.
Engraved by Charles Heath and published in "Westall's illustrations of the Holy Bible in thirty-one plates", published: London: Hurst, Robinson & Co., 1821.
Production and publication detail below image: "Drawn by R. Westall, R. A." and "Engraved by Chas Heath". Title and caption below image: Ruth gleaning in the fields of Boaz. "Then said Boaz unto Ruth, hearest thou mot my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens."---Ruth, Chap. II, Ver. 8.--- LONDON: Pulished Jan.1, 1821 by Hurst Robinson & Co. 90 Cheapside.
Description
1 print : steel engraving ; image: 119 x 92 mm; plate mark: 285 x 219 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Ruth kneeling while picking grain. She looks up at Boaz, who is standing on the right. Hills and a few structures are in the far background.
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