Abraham offering up his son Isaac [print] / drawn by R. Westall, R. A. ; engraved by Chas Heath.

Accession number: 
PML 145499, plate 058
Author: 
Heath, Charles, 1785-1848, engraver.
Published: 
London : Hurst, Robinson & Co., 90 Cheapside, 1821.
Description: 
1 print : steel engraving ; image: 120 x 92 mm; plate mark: 285 x 220 mm
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes: 

Caption title.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499), as plate 58, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Printed on sheet measuring 331 x 233 mm; bound into volume.
Engraved by Charles Heath and published in "Westall's illustrations of the Holy Bible in thirty-one plates", published: London: Hurst, Robinson & Co., 1821.
Production and publication detail below image: "Drawn by R. Westall, R. A." and "Engraved by Chas Heath". Title and caption below image: Abraham offering up his son Isaac. "And the Angel of the Lord called unto him out of Heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham, and he said, here am I. And he said, lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy Son, thine only Son, from me."---Genesis, Chap. XXII, Ver. 11 & 12.--- London: Pulished Jan.1, 1821 by Hurst Robinson & Co. 90 Cheapside.

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

Shows a white bearded Abraham, looking up at rays of light, is standing with his left hand placed on a seated child's head and his right arm extended up.

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