THE TORAH IN THE BOWYER BIBLE. Robert Bowyer (1758-1834) expanded his own copy of the Macklin Bible to 45 volumes after acquiring and inserting over 6200 different prints of Biblical events. The Bowyer Bible is now housed in Bolton Museums and Archives. For a presentation of many of these prints see https://archive.org/details/bowyer-bible
where Philip De Vere has created flip-books from Phillip Medhurst’s collection of photos.
THE TORAH IN THE BOWYER BIBLE. Robert Bowyer (1758-1834) expanded his own copy of the Macklin Bible to 45 volumes after acquiring and inserting over 6200 different prints of Biblical events. The Bowyer Bible is now housed in Bolton Museums and Archives. For a presentation of many of these prints see https://archive.org/details/bowyer-bible
where Philip De Vere has created flip-books from Phillip Medhurst’s collection of photos.
Wood engraving by Simon Brett (British b. 1943) in The Reader’s Digest Bible (illustrated edition) 1990
The Call of Abraham going to sacrifice his son Isaac. c1799. Oil on canvas. 20 5/8 x 29 1/8 inches. Wichita Art Museum. It is likely that this painting was commissioned by William Beckford for Fonthill Abbey. Beckford’s financial reverses in 1823 resulted in the auction of the Fonthill art collection which included this painting […]
Lot fleeing from Sodom. 1810. Oil on panel. Unframed: 47 1/8 × 78 1/8 ins (119.7 × 198.4 cms); framed: 54 1/2 × 85 3/8 × 2 1/2 ins (138.4 × 216.9 × 6.4 cms). Detroit Institute of Arts.
Hagar and Ishmael. 1776, reworked 1803. Oil on canvas. 76 x 54 1/2 ins (193 x 138.4 cms). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
By (James) Jacques-Joseph Tissot, French, 1836-1902. Gouache on board.
By (James) Jacques-Joseph Tissot, French, 1836-1902. Gouache on board.
invenit James Tissot • pinxit James Tissot • excudit Maurice de Brunoff apud Philip de Vere • praesentat Phillip Medhurst
Illustration from “La Sainte Bible : Ancien Testament . . . / Compositions par J.-James Tissot”; with preface by Antonin Gilbert Sertillanges (1863-1948), introduction by Maurice de Brunoff (1861-1937) and the translation into French of Isaac-Louis Lemaistre de Saci (1613-1684). 2 volumes. Paris: M. de Brunoff & Cie, 1904.
By (James) Jacques-Joseph Tissot, French, 1836-1902. Gouache on board.
Phillip Medhurst 