print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1872,0810.835
- Title
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Object: The Dedication of the Temple
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Object: The Queen of Sheba comes to see Solomon
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Series: Blome's Old and New Testament
- Description
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Plate n. 105 from the Old Testament (recto), depicting King Solomon on his knees to right, with his hands joined in pray, within the interior of a temple;
plate n.106 from the Old Testament (verso), depicting the Queen kneeling down to right in front of the King, a crowd of people gathered around them; with two putti above holding a fringed sheet with royal coat of arms and a dedication; illustrations to Nicolas Fontaine, 'The History of the Old Testament' translated by John Coughern (London, Samuel Roycroft for Richard Blome, 1688).
Engravings
- Production date
- 1688
- Dimensions
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Height: 335 millimetres (plate)
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Width: 205 millimetres (plate)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For comment on the series see 1931,0826.2-17.
For duplicates see 1935,0430.1-61.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: The Bible
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Associated Title: The History of the Old Testament
- Acquisition date
- 1872
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1872,0810.835
