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Mort d'Heli [print] / C. P. Marillier inv. ; Dambrun sculp.

Accession number
PML 145500, plate 081
Creator
Dambrun, Jean, 1741- 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 81, 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. 138 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom 3e." and "page 138"; lettered below image: "C. P. Marillier inv." "A.C. Giraud Jen le aquaforte. 1792" "Dambrun 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: 139 x 90 mm; sheet: 146 x 96 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows an elderly man who has collasped on a staired platform. A soldier and others on and around the platform all have their arms raised in stock at the sight of the man. Sturctures are in the distanct background.
Classification
Department