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.
Peter and John run to the tomb of Christ. 1784. Image of the left panel for the east window of St George’s Chapel. Print made by Valentine Green after West. Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper. Sheet: 18 9/16 x 9 5/8 ins (47.1 x 24.5 cms), Plate: 18 3/8 x 9 […]
https://archive.org/details/@phidev74/uploads THE LUKE PORTFOLIO CONTIGUOUS IMAGES 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, England. Phillip Medhurst felt that because of the huge […]
Phillip Medhurst 