Accession number
PML 145500, plate 078
Creator
Lupton, Thomas Goff, 1791-1873, engraver.
Published
London, 1823.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from British Museum online catalog. Consulted June 29, 2012.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145500), as plate 78, 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.
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145500), as plate 78, 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.
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering.
Description
1 print : steel engraving ; image: 162 x 120 mm; sheet: 174 x 132 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a young boy, wearing a shirt and with bare legs, kneeling in prayer in front of a low table with cloth on it. Above the boy on the left is an opening in clouds from which rays of light are directed on his face.
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