Laban cherchant ses idoles [print] / Lahire ; delé par Bourdon ; gravé à l' eau-forte par Duplsi Bertaux ; termé par Bovinet.

Accession number: 
PML 145499, plate 082
Author: 
Bovinet, Edme, 1767-1832, engraver.
Published: 
[Paris : Chez Filhol?, 1810]
Description: 
1 print : engraving ; image: 109 x 158 mm; sheet: 162 x 189 mm
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes: 

Caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 82, 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.
Print engraved by Bovinet after painting by Lahire, published as plate 277 in v. 4 of "Galerie du Musée Napoléon" (Paris : Filhol, 1804-1828).
Inscription from Filhol - Lettered at head: Lahire.; numbered at upper left: No. 277; lettered at upper right Ecole Françse; at lower left: Delé par Bourdon; at lower center: Gravé à l' Eau-forte par Duplsi Bertaux; lower right: Termé par Bovinet.
Library's copy is a proof before final lettering.

Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary: 

Print shows Laban looking into a large chest; around him are several draped figures, and beyond at right a classical building

Classification: 
Print
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Department: 
Printed Books