Vignette by Loutherbourg for the Macklin Bible 34 of 134. Bowyer Bible Old Testament. Headpiece to Ecclesiastes, William Bromley, 21 December 1795
Head-piece to ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes 1:3,11. Vignette with skulls and bones lying with a pick and hourglass before a headstone inscribed 'mors ultima linea rerum', surmounted by a sculpted bearded head putting a finger to his lips; letterpress in two columns below and on verso. 1795. Inscriptions: lettered below image with production detail: "p j de loutherbourg r. A delt", "w. Bromley sculp" and publication line: "published decr. 21st. 1795 by t macklin london". Print made by william bromley. Dimensions: height: 490 millimetres; width: 383 millimetres. Date: 21 December 1795.