Accession number
PML 145500, plate 082
Creator
Delvaux, Remi-Henri-Joseph, 1748-1823, engraver.
Published
[Paris : s.n., 1791]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title from "La Sainte Bible".
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500), as plate 82, 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.140 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 3e." and "page 140"; lettered below image: "Marillier inv. 1792" "R. Delvaux, L. fecit"
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering lacking the caption, volume and page number at head.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500), as plate 82, 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.140 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 3e." and "page 140"; lettered below image: "Marillier inv. 1792" "R. Delvaux, L. fecit"
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: 153 x 96 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows three body parts, a human head and two hands, on a staired platform. A group of people stand on the left side of the platform in shock and horror.
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