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James Gillray
1756-1815
Rechab holding up the severed head of Saul's son Ishbosheth / H. Fuzelli delt. ; J. Gillray sculpt.
[London] : [T Holloway?], [1791]
Peel 2273
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[London] : [T. Holloway?], [1791]
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
Illustration to Johann Caspar Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy (London, T. Holloway, 5 vols. 1789-98).
Summary:
Print shows Rechab as a male nude, rushing into a room from the right and lunging forward as he falls to his knees, holding up the severed head of Saul's son Ishbosheth in his right hand and pointing upwards with the other.
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