print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1935,0430.1-61
- Title
- Series: Blome's Old and New Testament
- Description
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Plates nos. 18/19; 20/21; 22/23; 28/29; 32/33; 36; 47/48; 49; 50; 59; 62/63; 74; 75; 78/79; 80/81; 82/83; 86/87; 88/89; 92/93; 95/96; 97/98; 99/100; 101/102; 103; 104; 105/106; 107/108; 109/110; 115; 118/119; 120/121; 124/125; 126/127; 128/129; 132; 134/135; 141; 144; 146/147; 148/149 from the Old Testament;
plates nos. 1 (number scratched); 4/5 (numbers scratched); 8/9; 10/11; 14/15; 18/19; 20/21 (numbers scratched); 22/23; 24/25; 26/27; 28/29 (numbers scratched); 30/31; 32/33; 38/39; 44/45 (numbers scratched); 46/47; 52/53; 54/55; 57/58 (numbers scratched); 64/65; 70/71 from the New Testament;
each plate depicts a scene of the Bible, with title below image; most of the plates have two putti above the image holding a fringed sheet with royal coat of arms and a dedication; incomplete series of illustrations to Nicolas Fontaine, 'The History of the Old Testament' translated by John Coughern and 'The History of the New Testament', translated by Joseph Raynor (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.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: The History of the New Testament
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Associated Title: The Bible
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Associated Title: The History of the Old Testament
- Acquisition date
- 1935
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1935,0430.1-61
