Original copper engraving titled at the foot Jerusalem rebuilt (Nehemiah 2): the workmen raise the wall of the city again, with ladders set against the curtain, rubble and weapons heaped in the foreground and the smoking towers beyond. Signed G. Freman delin. and P. P. Bouche sculp.
Original copper engraving titled at the foot Jerusalem rebuilt (Nehemiah 2): the workmen raise the wall of the city again, with ladders set against the curtain, rubble and weapons heaped in the foreground and the smoking towers beyond. Signed G. Freman delin. and P. P. Bouche sculp.
It comes from The History of the Old and New Testament by Richard Blome, London, a work in which every copper carries above it the dedication and the arms of the subscriber who paid for it.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Artist / after: G. Freman.
Engraver: P. P. Bouche.
Source: Richard Blome, The History of the Old and New Testament, London; print no. 133.
Dimensions: Sheet 10.0 x 15.7 in (25.5 x 40 cm).
Condition: A book leaf with letterpress text on the back, which shows through. Toned paper, with a damp speck in the right margin and slightly uneven edges; the plate mark clean.