Robert Bowyer (d.1834) expanded his copy of the Macklin Bible by inserting over 6200 different prints. The Bowyer Bible is now housed in Bolton Museum. For these prints see https://archive.org/details/bowyer-biblewhere Philip De Vere has created flip-books from Phillip Medhurst’s photo-collection.
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 […]
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.
Phillip Medhurst 