Print made by John Murphy, ca. 1748–1820, British, Hiram King of Tyre, Sends Presents to King Solomon, 1790
- Title:
- Hiram King of Tyre, Sends Presents to King Solomon
- Date:
- 1790
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 19 5/16 × 25 1/2 inches (49.1 × 64.8 cm), Image: 17 7/8 × 23 7/8 inches (45.4 × 60.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "72375 18 1/2 / 24 1/2 No.9"; lower right: "S.22. | under"
Lettered, lower left: "Painted by Eeckout"; lettered, lower center: "HIRAM KING OF TYRE, SENDS PRESENTS TO KING SOLOMON."; letterd, lower right: "Engrav'd by Jn. Murphy"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.518
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- book | cloak | gifts | kings (people) | landscape | men | Old Testament | pillars | religious and mythological subject | robes | servants | Solomon and Hiram of Tyre (1 Kings 5; 2 Chronicles 2) | spear | temple | train | turbans | wisdom
- Associated People:
- Solomon
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22206
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