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David tenant la tête de Goliath [print] / Guide ; Delé. par. Bourdon ; Gravé à l' Eau-forte par Godefroy fils ; Terrminé par Coiny.

Accession number
PML 145500, plate 092
Creator
Coiny, Joseph, 1795 - 1829, engraver.
Published
[Paris : Chez Filhol?, 1810]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500) as plate 92, 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.
Print engraved by Coiny after drawing by Bourdpm after painting by Godefroy, published as plate 110 in v. 2 of "Galerie du Musée Napoléon" (Paris : Filhol, 1804-1828).
Inscription from Filhol - Lettered at head: C.de Gelée dit Le Lorrain; numbered at upper left: No. 718; lettered at upper right: Ecole Italne; at lower left: Delé. Par. Płoński; at center: Gravé à l' Eau-forte par Chataigner. lower right: Teré par Dambrun.
Library's copy is a proof before final lettering.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 150 x 101 mm; sheet: 211 x 139 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Shows David standing full-length leaning on a column holding the head of Goliath on a plinth.
Classification
Department