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| Keywords: Vignette by Loutherbourg for the Macklin Bible 3 of 134. Bowyer Bible Old Testament. Tailpiece to Exodus.gif en Tail-piece to Exodus Vignette showing altar with sculpted Egyptian heads at each corner surmounted by a guttering lamp Genesis cap 1 v 26 God said ˜Let us make man in our image after our likeness ™ 1791 The separate print has letterpress in two columns above and on verso with inscriptions lettered below image with production detail J Landseer Sculpsit and publication line London Publish'd Augst 10 1791 by Thos Macklin Poets Gallery Fleet Street Print made by John Landseer Dimensions Height 485 mms; width 400 mms The irony of Egypt ™s idolatry towards the human form is suggested by the heads on each corner of a pagan altar Unwittingly they worship a form in the image of the true God Jehovah has however manifested Himself in the events of the Exodus; the altars of the idolatrous Egyptians are therefore in a state of decay Photos by Harry Kossuth Phillip Medhurst 1790-01-01 PD-old-100 Book of Exodus Vignettes by Loutherbourg for the Macklin Bible Vignette Drawings by Loutherbourg in the Bowyer Bible Art depicting the Old Testament by Philippe De Loutherbourg John Landseer | ||||
