Bowyer Bible Prints: Abraham, Lot, Isaac

Phillip Medhurst · 2016-07-13T00:00:00Z

BOWYER BIBLE PRINTS: ABRAHAM & SARAH, LOT, ISAAC & REBEKAH 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:- 0345  Abraham going into Egypt. Genesis cap 12 vv 1&9. Boye. 0347  Abraham going into Egypt. Genesis cap 12 v 4,7. Mortier. 0348  Tower of Babel. Gensis cap 11 vv 1&9. Passe. 0349  Abraham going into Egypt. Genesis. cap 12 v 4-5. Passe. 0350  Abraham going into Egypt. Genesis. cap 12 v 5. Luyken. 0351  Melchizedek. Genesis cap 14 v 18. Caspar Luyken. 0352  Abraham entertaining three angels. Genesis cap 18 v. Luyken. 0353  Abraham & Lot. Genesis cap 13 vv 10-11. Luyken. 0356  Abraham & Lot. Genesis cap 13 vv 3, 7. Mortier's Bible. 0361  Battle of the Kings. Genesis cap 14 vv 8, 12. Luyken. 0362  Abraham & Lot. Gensis cap 13 vv 8&11. Stephanus. 0363  Melchizedek. Genesis cap 14 vv 18, 23. Kreussen. 0370  Abraham & King of Sodom. Genesis cap 14 vv 17, 20. Mortier. 0371  Abraham & King of Sodom. Genesis cap 14 vv 17, 20. Mortier. 0373  Abraham & Lot. Genesis cap 14 v 16. Marillier. 0374  Abraham & Hagar. Genesis cap 16 v 3. Marillier. 0375  Abraham & three angels. Genesis cap 18 v 8. Marillier. 0376  Lot & angel. Genesis cap 19 vv 15-16. Marillier. 0379  Abraham's sacrifice. Genesis cap 15 vv 5, 8. Pozzi. 0380  Abraham's sacrifice. Genesis cap 15 vv 5, 8. Dague after Pozzi. 0383  Abraham's sacrifice. Genesis cap 15 vv 9, 18. Mortier's Bible. 0386  Hagar &  the Angel. Genesis cap 16 v 7. Perelle. 0387  Abraham & the Angels. Genesis cap 18 vv 1-2. Le Clerc. 0388  Lot  &  the Angel. Genesis cap 19 v 1. Le Clerc. 0389  Lot & the men of Sodom. Genesis cap 19 vv 10-11. Le Clerc. 0395  Abraham & the Angels. Genesis cap 18 vv 1, 14. Mortier. 0396  Abraham & the Angels. Genesis cap 18 v 8. Tresham. 0399  Lot & the Angels. Genesis cap 19 v 1. Aldegrever. 0400  Lot and the men of Sodom. Genesis cap 19 vv 9-10. Aldegrever. 0401  Lot's escape from Sodom. Genesis cap 19 vv 17, 22. Aldegrever. 0407  Destruction of Sodom. Genesis cap 19 vv 24, 26. Pozzi. 0408  Destruction of Sodom. Genesis cap 19 vv 24, 26. Lingie after Pozzi. 0410  Destruction of Sodom. Genesis cap 19. Jan Luyken & Son. 0414  Lot and his daughters. Genesis cap 19 vv 31, 35. Reni. 0415  Lot's escape. Genesis cap 19 vv 16, 25. Le Clerc. 0416  Abraham & Abimelech. Genesis cap 20 v 4. Le Clerc's Bible. 0417  Abraham sacrificing Isaac. Genesis cap 22 v 9. Le Clerc's Bible. 0418  Rebekah. Genesis cap 24 v 22. Poussin. 0419  Lot and his daughters. Genesis cap 19 v 30. Hooge. 0420  Destruction of Sodom. Genesis cap 19. Kreussen. 0421  Destruction of Sodom. Genesis cap 19 vv 23, 26. Stephanus. 0424  Lot and his daughters. Genesis cap 19 v 33. Serz. 0425  Lot and his daughters. Genesis cap 19 v 33. Raphael. 0427  Lot and his daughters. Genesis cap 19 v 33. Mortier's Bible. 0429  Lot and his daughters. Genesis cap 19 v 34. Marillier. 0430  Abraham denies his wife. Genesis cap 20. Marillier. 0431  Abraham driving away Hagar. Genesis cap 21 cap 14. Vos. 0432  Abraham sacrifices Isaac. Genesis cap 22 v 12. Marillier. 0433  Lot and his daughters. Genesis cap 19 v 33. Dominichino. 0442  Abraham driving away Hagar. Genesis cap 21 v 14. Guercino. 0443  Abraham made a feast. Genesis cap 21 v 8. Kreussen. 0447  Hagar and Ishmael. Genesis cap 21 v 19. Westall. 0449  Hagar and Ishmael. Genesis cap 21 vv 18, 20. Cortona. 0450  Hagar and Ishmael. Genesis cap 21 vv 17, 19. Kreussen. 0451  Hagar and Ishmael. Genesis cap 21 vv 15, 18. Mola. 0452  Hagar and Ishmael. Genesis cap 21 vv 15, 18. Dutch Bible. 0454  Hagar and Ishmael. Genesis cap 21 vv 15, 19. Mortier. 0455  Abraham sacrificing Isaac. Genesis cap 22 vv 9, 13. Mortier. 0458  Abraham sacrificing Isaac. Genesis cap 22 vv 6-7. Rembrandt. 0459  Abraham sacrificing Isaac. Genesis cap 22 vv 6, 9.  Rembrandt. 0461  Abraham sacrificing Isaac. Genesis cap 22 v 9. Dutch Bible. 0463  Abraham sacrificing Isaac. Genesis cap 22 vv 11-12. Westall. 0470  Abraham sacrificing Isaac. Genesis cap 22 vv 10, 13. Caracci. 0471  Abraham sacrificing Isaac. Genesis cap 22 vv 11. Kraussen. 0472  Abraham sacrificing Isaac. Genesis cap 22 vv 9, 13. Soyer. 0477  Abraham sacrificing Isaac. Genesis cap 22 v 13. Tyroff. 0482  Abraham's wife Sarah buried. Genesis cap 23 v 19. BP. 0483  Abraham's wife Sarah buried. Genesis cap 23 v 19. Luyken. 0484  Abraham sends a wife to Isaac. Genesis cap 24 v 7. Kreussen. 0485  Sarah's burial. Genesis cap 23 v 19. Mortier. 0486  Rebekah at the well. Genesis cap 24 vv 17-18. Mortier. 0490  Hagar in the desert. Genesis cap 21 vv 15-18. Mola. 0491  Rebekah at the well. Genesis cap 24 v 22. Poussin. 0492  Rebekah at the well. Genesis cap 24 v 22. Dutch Bible. 0493  Rebekah at the well. Genesis cap 24 v 18. Picart. 0496  Arabian costume. Genesis cap 24 vv 22-23. Calmet. 0497  Rebekah at the well. Genesis cap 24 v 18. Marillier. 0498  Rebekah at the well. Genesis cap 24 v 53. Marillier. 0499  Esau selling his birthright. Genesis cap 25 v 30. Marillier. 0500  Isaac blessing Jacob. Genesis cap 27 v 27. Marillier. 0501  Meeting of Isaac and Rebekah. Genesis cap 24 vv 62, 64. Passe. 0503  Rebekah and her brother Laban. Genesis cap 24 v 29. Passe. 0504  Meeting of Isaac and Rebekah. Genesis cap 24 vv 62, 64. Stephanus.