Bowyer Bible Prints: Jacob and Esau

Phillip Medhurst · 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

BOWYER BIBLE PRINTS: JACOB & ESAU This image-collection contains prints illustrating the Book of Genesis in the Bowyer Bible in the sequence in which they are arranged in this grangerised version of the Macklin Bible. The artists represented here had no doubts about the historical veracity of the events delineated; this, together with their lack of the knowledge about historical dress and middle eastern topography which only became prevalent a hundred years after the creation of this collection makes the artworks curious as well as compelling. Robert Bowyer (1758-1834) spent a fortune on his own copy of the Macklin Bible which he expanded to 45 volumes after acquiring and inserting over 6200 different prints of Biblical events. He had a custom designed bookcase built just to house his collection; The Bowyer Bible is now housed in Bolton Museums and Archives who acquired it in 1948. These and many other of the illustrations have been made available online via social media by Phillip Medhurst (b.1948). The titles of the prints in this collection as numbered in the Bowyer Bible are as follows:- 0518  Isaac blessed. Genesis cap 26 v 2. Devilliers after Raphael. 0521  Isaac & Rebekah. Genesis cap 26 v 28. Dague after Raphael. 0527  Isaac blessing Jacob. Genesis cap 27. Raphael. 0528  Isaac blessing Jacob. Genesis cap 27 vv 16&19. Passe. 0529  Isaac blessing Jacob. Genesis cap 27 vv 16&19. BP. 0537  Isaac blessing Jacob. Genesis cap 27 v 27. Raphael. 0538  Isaac blessing Jacob. Genesis cap 27 v 27. Coning. 0540  Isaac blessing Jacob. Genesis cap 27 v 30. Soyer after Raphael. 0542  Isaac and Esau. Genesis cap 27 v 31. Le Bas after Raphael. 0543  Isaac and Esau. Genesis cap 27 v 34. Westall. 0546  Jacob's Dream. Genesis cap 28 v 12. Raphael. 0550  Jacob's Dream. Genesis cap 28 v 14-15. Le bas after Raphael. 0551  Jacob's Dream. Genesis cap 28 v 12. Luyken. 0552  Jacob's Dream. Genesis cap 28 v 12. Passe. 0558 Jacob's Dream. Genesis cap 28 v 12. Marillier. 0559 Jacob removing the stone at the well. Genesis cap 29 vv 9-10. Marillier. 0560 Laban and Jacob. Genesis cap 31 v 34. Marillier. 0561  Jacob wrestling with an angel. Genesis cap 32 v 24. Marillier. 0564  Jacob's Dream. Genesis cap 28 vv 11-12. Perelle. 0565  Joseph relating his dreams. Genesis cap 37 vv 1&11. Perelle. 0566  Joseph in Potiphar's house. Genesis cap 39 vv 1&4. Perelle. 0567  Jacob and the angel. Genesis cap 32 vv 2&4. Perelle. 0575  Jacob and Rachel. Genesis cap 29 vv 10-11. Luyken. 0576  Jacob's dream. Genesis cap 28 vv 11&15. Luyken. 0577  Isaac blessing  Jacob. Genesis cap 27 vv 27&29. Luyken. 0578   Jacob wrestling with an angel. Genesis cap 32 v 24. Luyken. 0578   Jacob wrestling with an angel. Genesis cap 32 v 24. Luyken. 0580   Jacob and Leah. Genesis cap 29 v 25. Le Bas after Pozzi. 0581   Jacob and Leah. Genesis cap 29 v 25. Poussin. 0582   Jacob and Leah. Genesis cap 29 v 25. Poussin. 0583  Rachel and Leah. Genesis cap 30 v 14. Frederich. 0587  Jacob and cattle. Genesis cap 30 vv 32-33. Tyroff. 0593  Jacob's departure. Genesis cap 31 vv 17&21. Devilliers after Raphael. 0594  Jacob's departure. Genesis cap 31 vv 17&21. Raphael. 0595  Angel appearing unto Jacob. Genesis cap 31 v 11. Kraussen. 0596  Jacob's departure. Genesis cap 31 vv 17&21. Mortier's Bible. 0597  Jacob sends away the idols. Genesis cap 35 vv 2&4. Mortier's Bible. 0599  Idols. Genesis cap 31 v 30. Calmet. 0609  Jacob wrestling with the angel. Genesis cap 32 v 24. Salvator Rosa. 0610  Jacob wrestling with the angel. Genesis cap 32 v 24. Salvator Rosa. 0612  Jacob wrestling with the angel. Genesis cap 32 vv 24&26. Raphael. 0615  Jacob wrestling with the angel. Genesis cap 32 v 24. Mortier's Bible. 0616  Simeon & Levi slew Hamar & Schechem. Genesis cap 34 vv 25-26. Mortier's Bible. 0620  Meeting of Jacob & Esau. Genesis cap 33 vv 1&4. Hayman. 0621  Meeting of Jacob & Esau. Genesis cap 33 vv 1&4. Passe. 0622  Jacob erected an altar. Genesis cap 33 v 20. Passe. 0623  Meeting of Jacob & Esau. Genesis cap 33 vv 1&7. Schellenberg.