Bowyer Bible prints: The Creation and Adam and Eve

Phillip Medhurst · 2012-11-07T00:00:00Z

BOWYER BIBLE PRINTS: CREATION; ADAM & EVE 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 and numbers of the prints in this collection are as follows:- 0015  Moses receiving the law. Exodus cap 31 v 18. Westal. 0016  Title-page to Genesis. Anonymous. 0018  Contents of Genesis. Genesis cap 3 v 26. Anonymous. 0028  Solar system. Le Clerc's Bible. 0029  Creation. Genesis 2 v 7. Perelle. 0030  Creation. Adam & Eve. Genesis 3 v 7. Perelle. 0031  Cain slaying Abel. Genesis 4 v 8. Perelle. 0038  Light from darkness. Genesis cap 1 v 2. Gowven. 0041  The Almighty. Vos. 0043  The Almighty. Genesis cap 1 vv 3-4. Raphael. 0053  Earth. Genesis  1 v 9-10. Corvinus. 0056  The Almighty. Genesis  cap 1 vv 11-12. Pozzi. 0057  The Almighty. Genesis  1 v 11-12. Passi. 0058  The Almighty. Genesis  1 v 11-12. Vos. 0059  The Almighty. Genesis  2. Wierix. 0060  The Almighty. Genesis  1 v 11-12. Wierix. 0061  The Earth. Genesis  cap 1 vv 11-12. Sandrart. 0069  The Almighty. Genesis  cap 1. Pozzi. 0071  The Almighty. Genesis  1 v 16. Vos. 0072  Sun, Moon & Stars. Genesis  cap 1 v 16-17. Anonymous. 0073  Sun, Moon & Stars. Genesis  1 v 16-17. Passi. 0074  Sun, Moon & Stars. Genesis  cap 1 vv 16-17. Sandrart. 0080  Birds and Fishes. Genesis  1 v 20. Vos. 0090  Animals. Genesis  cap 1 vv 24, 26. Pozzi. 0092  The Almighty. Genesis  1 v 24-25. Passi. 0093  Animals. Genesis  cap 1 v 25. Merian. 0094  Six days of creation. Kraussen. 0095  Six days of creation. Genesis 1. Anonymous. 0099  Creation. Mortier's Bible. Genesis cap 2 v 7. Elliger. 0100  Creation. Genesis 2 v 7. Passi. 0101  Creation. Genesis 2 v 7. Passi. 0102  Creation. Vos. 0110  Adam giving names. Genesis cap 2 v 19. Jan Luyken & Son. 0113  Adam giving names. Genesis cap 2 v 19. Anonymous. 0114  Creation of Eve. Genesis 2 v 22. Anonymous. 0115  The Fall. Genesis 3 v 6. Anonymous. 0116  Adam & Eve expelled. Genesis 3 v 23-24. Anonymous. 0116  Adam & Eve expelled. Genesis 3 v 23-24. Anonymous. 0118  Creation of Eve. Genesis cap 2 v 22. Borcht. 0120  Creation of Eve. Genesis cap 2 v 22. Raphael. 0122  Temptation. Genesis cap 2 v 27. Schellenberg. 0123  Creation of Eve. Genesis cap 2 vv 21-22. Passi. 0124  Creation of Eve. Genesis cap 2 vv 21-22. Kraussen. 0127  Temptation. Genesis cap 3 v 6. Poussin. 0128  Adam naming the animals. Genesis cap 2 v 19-20. Anonymous. 0135  Temptation. Genesis cap 3 v 6. Vos. 0139  Temptation. Genesis cap 3 v 6. Raphael. 0142  Temptation. Genesis cap 3 v 6. Raphael. 0143 Adam & Eve discovered. Genesis cap 3 vv 8-19. Dominichino. 0144 Adam & Eve discovered. Genesis cap 3 v 6. Raphael. 0145  Temptation. Genesis cap 3 v 6. Passi. 0146  Temptation. Genesis cap 3 v 6. Durer. 0147  Temptation. Genesis cap 3 v 6. Wierix. 0148 Adam & Eve discovered. Genesis cap 3 vv 8-19. Wierix. 0149 Adam & Eve discovered. Genesis cap 3 vv 8-19. Vos. 0151 Adam & Eve discovered. Genesis cap 3 vv 8-19. Dominichino. 0152 Temptation. Genesis cap 3 v 6. Mortier's Bible. 0153 Adam & Eve driven out. Genesis cap 3 vv 23-24. Mortier's Bible. 0154  Holy Spirit. 0155 Temptation. Genesis cap 3 v 6. Durer. 0156  Abel slain. Genesis cap 4 v 8. Anonymous. 0157  Ornament. Anonymous. 0165  Adam & Eve driven out. Genesis cap 3 v 23. Vos. 0170  Adam & Eve expelled. Genesis cap 3 v 24. Raphael. 0172  Adam & Eve expelled. Genesis 3 v 24. Vos. 0173  Adam & Eve expelled. Genesis 4 v 1-2. Wiriex. 0174  Adam & Eve expelled. Genesis cap 3 v 24. Schellenberg. 0175  Adam & Eve expelled. Genesis 3 v 24. Anonymous. 0176  Adam & Eve expelled. Genesis 3 v 24. Kraussen.