Joseph Presents his Father to Pharaoh, by E. J. Poynter. 5½ x 7½ inches. Dalziels’ Bible Gallery, plate 22. This image illustrates Genesis, xlvii: 7. Another elaborate tableau in the manner of neo-classical painting. Though highly detailed, there is an equal emphasis on pattern-making which foregrounds the idea of the composition as design rather than reportage.
Scanned image and text by Simon Cooke. [You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the person who scanned the image and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]
Bibliography
Dalziels’ Bible Gallery. London: George Routledge, 1881 [1880].
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