Accession number:
PML 145499, plate 007
Published:
[Paris : Filhol, 1810]
Description:
1 print : engraving ; image: 84 x 145 mm; sheet: 104 x 149 mm
Credit:
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes:
Caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 7, 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 Villerey after painting by Albane, published as plate 243 in v. 4 of "Galerie du Musée Napoléon" (Paris : Filhol, 1804-1828).
Lettered at head: Albane.; numbered at upper left: No. 243; lettered at upper right: Ecole Italne; at lower left: Delé par Bourdon; at lower center: Gravé a l' Eau-forte par Lerouge; lower right: Termé par Villerey.
Library's copy is a proof before final lettering.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Print shows Adam and Eve seated under a tree. Eve is passing an apple to Adam.
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