Abraham dismissing Hagar and Ishmael [print] / peint par G. van den Eckhout ; gravé par Reinr. Vinkeles.

Accession number: 
PML 145499, plate 055
Author: 
Vinkeles, Reinier, 1741-1816, engraver.
Published: 
[Paris : Basan et Poignant, between 1775-1788]
Description: 
1 print : engraving ; image: 162 x 205 mm; sheet: 187 x 211 mm
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes: 

Title, date range and publication information from British Museum online catalog. Consulted March 2, 2012.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500) as plate 55, 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.
Engraving inlaid into a leaf bound into v. 1 of an extra-illustrated copy The Harris Bible (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1814-1815), in Genesis vii (see Hariss Bible PML 145499-06).
Engraving after a design by Van den Eeckhout for an illustration for "Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands" 3 volume (Paris: l'Auteur, 1792).

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

Print shows street scene with the patriarch standing in front of his house, holding his arms out in an apologetic manner towards the weeping figures of Hagar and Ishmael. Sarah looking at the three from the doorway, Isaac watching the scene from the door-step, a peacock seated on a stone block at left, shepherds with their animals in the street beyond.

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