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Saul and the Witch of Endor [print] / Drawn by R. Westall, R. A. ; Engraved by Chas Heath.

Accession number
PML 145500, plate 104
Creator
Heath, Charles, 1785-1848, engraver.
Published
London : Hurst, Robinson & Co., 90 Cheapside, 1821.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500), as plate 104, 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.
Engraved by Charles Heath and published in "Westall's illustrations of the Holy Bible in thirty-one plates", published: London: Hurst, Robinson & Co., 1821.
Production and publication detail below image: "Drawn by R. Westall, R. A." and "Engraved by Chas Heath". Title and caption below image: Saul and the Witch of Endor. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stopped with is face to the ground and bowed himself."--- I Samuel, Chap. XXVIII. v. 14.-- LONDON: Pulished Jan.1, 1821 by Hurst Robinson & Co. 90 Cheapside.
Description
1 print : steel engraving ; image: 116 x 92 mm; plate mark: 278 x 220 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a profile of Saul on his knees bowing before a cauldron and a witch. A figre wrapped in cloth is standing at Saul's head on the left.
Classification
Department