Tail-piece to exodus. Vignette showing altar with sculpted egyptian heads at each corner, surmounted by a guttering lamp. Genesis cap 1 v 26: “god said, ‘let us make man in our image, after our likeness. ’” 1791. The separate print has letterpress in two columns above and on verso with inscriptions: lettered below image with production detail: "j. Landseer sculpsit" and publication line: "london, publish'd augst. 10 1791 by thos. Macklin poets gallery fleet street". Print made by john landseer. Dimensions: height: 485 mms; width: 400 mms. The irony of egypt’s idolatry towards the human form is suggested by the heads on each corner of a pagan altar. Unwittingly, they worship a form in the image of the true god. Jehovah, has, however, manifested himself in the events of the exodus; the altars of the idolatrous egyptians are therefore in a state of decay. Date: 1 January 1790.
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