The invasion of the locusts. An army of soldiers, including the pharaoh, to right, fighting against a plague of locusts, seen everywhere; to left, a fountain decorated with a sculpture and people drawing water from it; behind, a renaissance style palace and an explosion of light seen behind it (ex. 9/10). Engraving and etching with contemporary colouring. Date: 1585. Dimensions: Height: 201 mm; Width: 286 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Pharaoh. Collection: British Museum. Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, elegantissimis imaginabus expressum excellentissimorum in hac arte virorum opera- nunc primum in lucem editus (BM 1968,1018.1.62)
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