Accession number
PML 145499, plate 037
Creator
Taylor, Isaac, 1759-1829, engraver.
Published
London : Hurst & Co., 90 Cheapside, Jan. 1, 1820.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 37, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Engraving by Isaac Taylor after a drawing by Isaac Taylor jr., published as plate X 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: "Abraham and the three angels. And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo, three men stood by him.---Gen. 18.v.2."; with production and publication detail below image: "Isc. Taylor Jun. delt. Pub. Jan.1.1820. by Hurst & Co.90 Cheapside London Isc. Taylor sculpt.".
Library's copy printed en chine collé on india paper.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 37, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Engraving by Isaac Taylor after a drawing by Isaac Taylor jr., published as plate X 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: "Abraham and the three angels. And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo, three men stood by him.---Gen. 18.v.2."; with production and publication detail below image: "Isc. Taylor Jun. delt. Pub. Jan.1.1820. by Hurst & Co.90 Cheapside London Isc. Taylor sculpt.".
Library's copy printed en chine collé on india paper.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 75 x 100 mm; sheet: 117 x 132 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Lot as a kneeling figure in a white robe in the foreground at right. Three angels stand before him in the middle ground, the angel closest to Lot with both hands extended out towards him.
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