Vignettes by Loutherbourg for the Macklin Bible

LOUTHERBOURG’S VIGNETTES FOR THE MACKLIN BIBLE. In 1789 Thomas Macklin undertook to publish an illustrated folio Bible in multiple volumes. A new typeface and a new kind of paper were designed for the work. The finished Bible had 72 plates, 22 of which were after Loutherbourg. His interest in the occult and study of Hebrew influenced some of these pictures and the134 drawings for vignettes that Loutherbourg produced over the next ten years. Macklin died on 25 October 1800, just five days after the last large engraving was finished for the Bible. The vignettes were not finished until six weeks later. A volume of the Apocrypha was published in 1816 by T. Cadell and W. Davies after de Loutherbourg’s death. All the plates were after Loutherbourg as were all but one of the head and tail-pieces, which were posthumously engraved by Landseer after Loutherbourg’s drawings. The volume includes an introduction explaining their symbolism. The drawings for the vignettes (excluding the Apocrypha) – 110 in all – are pasted into “The Bowyer Bible” in Bolton Museum.

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  Headpiece to Genesis
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  Headpiece to Exodus
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  Tailpiece to Exodus
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  Headpiece to Numbers
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  Headpiece to Deuteronomy
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  Tailpiece to Deuteronomy
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  Headpiece to Joshua
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  Tailpiece to Joshua
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  Headpiece to Judges
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  Headpiece to Ruth
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  Tailpiece to Ruth
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  Headpiece to 1 Samuel
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  Tailpiece to 1 Samuel
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  Headpiece to 2 Samuel
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  Tailpiece to 2 Samuel
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  Headpiece to 1 Kings
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  Tailpiece to 1 Kings
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  Headpiece to 2 Kings
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  Headpiece to 1 Chronicles
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  Tailpiece to 1 Chronicles
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  Headpiece to 2 Chronicles
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  Tailpiece to 2 Chronicles
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  Headpiece to Ezra
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  Tailpiece to Ezra
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  Headpiece to Nehemiah
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  Tailpiece to Nehemiah
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  Headpiece to Esther
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  Headpiece to Job
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  Tailpiece to Job
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  Tailpiece to Psalms
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  Headpiece to Proverbs
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  Tailpiece to Proverbs
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  Headpiece to Ecclesiastes
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  Tailpiece to Ecclesiastes
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  Headpiece to Isaiah
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  Tailpiece to Isaiah
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  Headpiece to Jeremiah
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  Headpiece to Lamentations
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  Tailpiece to Lamentations
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  Headpiece to Ezekiel
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  Headpiece to Ezekiel
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  Headpiece to Hosea
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  Headpiece to Joel
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  Headpiece to Amos
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  Headpiece to Obadiah
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  Tailpiece to Jonah
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  Headpiece to Nahum
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  Tailpiece to Nahum
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  Headpiece to Habakkuk
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  Tailpiece to Zephaniah
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  Headpiece to Haggai
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  Tailpiece to Haggai
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  Headpiece to Zechariah
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  Headpiece to Malachi
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  Headpiece to 1 Esdras
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  Tailpiece to 1 Esdras
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  Headpiece to 2 Esdras
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  Tailpiece to 2 Esdras
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  Headpiece to Tobit
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  Headpiece to Judith
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  Tailpiece to Judith
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  Headpiece to Two Prologues to Ecclesiasticus
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  Headpiece to Ecclesiasticus
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  Tailpiece to Ecclesiasticus
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  Headpiece to Baruch
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  Headpiece to Song of the Three Children
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  Tailpiece to Song of the Three Children
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  Headpiece to History of Susanna
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  Headpiece to Bel and the Dragon
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  Tailpiece to Bel and the Dragon
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  Headpiece to Prayer of Manasses
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  Headpiece to 1 Maccabees
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  Tailpiece to 1 Maccabees
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  Headpiece to 2 Maccabees
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  Tailpiece to 2 Maccabees
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  Tailpiece to Matthew
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  Headpiece to Mark
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  Tailpiece to Mark
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  Headpiece to Luke
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  Tailpiece to Luke
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  Tailpiece to John
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  Headpiece to Acts
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  Headpiece to Romans
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  Tailpiece to Romans
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  Headpiece to 1 Corinthians
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  Tailpiece to 1 Corinthians
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  Headpiece to 2 Corinthians
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  Tailpiece to 2 Corinthians
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  Headpiece to Galatians
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  Tailpiece to Galatians
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  Headpiece to Ephesians
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  Tailpiece to Ephesians
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  Headpiece to Philippians
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  Headpiece to Colossians
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  Tailpiece to Colossians
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  Headpiece to 2 Thessalonians
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  Tailpiece to 2 Thessalonians
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  Headpiece to 1 Timothy
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  Headpiece to 2 Timothy
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  Tailpiece to 2 Timothy
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  Headpiece to Titus
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  Tailpiece to Titus
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  Headpiece to Philemon
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  Tailpiece to Philemon
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  Headpiece to Hebrews
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  Headpiece to James
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  Tailpiece to James
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  Headpiece to 1 Peter
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  Tailpiece to 1 Peter
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  Headpiece to 2 Peter
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  Tailpiece to 2 Peter
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  Headpiece to 1 John
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  Tailpiece to 1 John
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  Tailpiece to 2 John
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  Headpiece to 3 John
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  Tailpiece to 3 John
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  Headpiece to Jude
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  Tailpiece to Jude
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  Headpiece to Revelations
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  Tailpiece to Revelations