Accession number
PML 145500, plate 100
Creator
Radclyffe, William, 1780-1855, engraver.
Published
London : Hurst & Co., 90 Cheapside, Jan. 1, 1820.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500), as plate 100, 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.
Designed and engraved by Reynolds as plate XXX of Boydell's "Illustrations of Holy Writ", originally published: London : Boydell and Co., 1813-1815. This is a later impression for an 1820 edition of Boydell's work, published: London : Hurst & Co., 1820.
Signed and dated within image and lettered with caption: David taking Sauls spear. And David said to Abishai, destroy him not: 1._Samuel 26. v. 9.; with production and publication detail below: Isc. Taylor Jun. delt. Pub. Jan.1.1820. by Hurst & Co.90 Cheapside, London. W. Radclyffe sculpt.
Library's copy printed on india paper and backed with drawing paper.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500), as plate 100, 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.
Designed and engraved by Reynolds as plate XXX of Boydell's "Illustrations of Holy Writ", originally published: London : Boydell and Co., 1813-1815. This is a later impression for an 1820 edition of Boydell's work, published: London : Hurst & Co., 1820.
Signed and dated within image and lettered with caption: David taking Sauls spear. And David said to Abishai, destroy him not: 1._Samuel 26. v. 9.; with production and publication detail below: Isc. Taylor Jun. delt. Pub. Jan.1.1820. by Hurst & Co.90 Cheapside, London. W. Radclyffe sculpt.
Library's copy printed on india paper and backed with drawing paper.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 76 x 101 mm; sheet: 117 x 133 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Saul lying on the ground in an open plain. David stands over Saul's head and is reaching over to pull the spear from its sheath. S breaded man stands behind David guiding him to the spear.
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