Bourne prints in illustrated Bibles
Reliable references indicate Bourne made several engravings that appear in an 1864 Bible. I have not that particular Bible seen in person, so I cannot confirm.
- Matthew Henry, Thomas Scott, and John MacFarlane, 1864, The practical and devotional family Bible: the Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments according to the authorized version.
The reference to the Henry-Scott-MacFarlane Bible came from the WorldCat database (courtesy of David Adams). A librarian at Yale University personally re-examined the Bible in Yale's collection and confirmed to me that that it definitely includes these artists and engravers.
| Engravers reported: |
Artists reported: |
| Charles Rolls |
William Hilton |
| ? Edwards |
Henry LeJeune |
| Charles Henry Jeens |
William Henry Bartlett |
| Charles Cousen |
William Hamilton |
| W. West |
John Singleton Copley |
| Herbert Bourne |
Paul Falconer Poole |
| William Holl |
Peter Paul Rubens |
| William Greatback |
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Given the artists listed above, I suspect three Bourne engravings appear in what I call the "Yale Edition" Bible:
- Job and His Friends
- Saint Barbara
- St Catherine
I have discovered there are several editions of the The practical and devotional family Bible with identical titles, dates, and page numbers. The most common version by William Collins, Glasgow ("Collins edition") does NOT include Bourne engravings. I can definitely confirm there are different illustrations in the Yale and the Collins editions. I can also confirm at least two more editions appear under the same name and date with maps but no engravings. The Collins edition includes the following illustrations:
- Old Testament
- Church of the Holy Sepulchre (engraved by E. Radclyffe, inside front)
- Jerusalem from Scopus (engraved by E. Radclyffe, title page)
- The Dead Sea (engraved by unattributed, after pg 24)
- Sidon, after pg 56 (engraved by E. Radclyffe)
- Plains El-Rahah - Mt. Sinai (engraved by J. Bower, after pg 104 )
- Hebron (engraved by E. Radclyffe, after pg 168)
- The River Jordan (engraved by R. Dawson, after pg 48)
- Kirjath - Jearim (engraved by A. Willmore, after pg 258)
- Nablous (engraved by unattributed, after pg 280)
- Ramleh (engraved by J. Brodie, after pg 296)
- Shiloh (engraved by J. Brodie, after pg 302)
- Tower of David and Anglican Church (engraved by D. Mitchell, after pg 342)
- Bethel (engraved by H. Bibby, after pg 388)
- Samaria (engraved by E. Radclyffe, after pg 406)
- Pool of Bezekiah (engraved by J. Brodie, after pg 430)
- Mosque of Omar (engraved by R. Dawson, after pg 472)
- Valley of Gihon (engraved by A. Willmore, after pg 504)
- Mount Lebanon from Beyrout (engraved by W. Richardson, after pg 720)
- New testament
- Bethlehem (engraved by E. Radclyffe, after pg 4)
- Nazareth (engraved by J. Bower, after pg 30)
- Jerusalem (engraved by E. Radclyffe, after pg 33)
- Mount of Olives & Valley of Jehoshaphat (engraved by D. Mitchell, after pg 34)
- Tiberias (engraved by E. Radclyffe, after pg 40)
- Bethany (engraved by R. Dawson, after pg 54)
- Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem, after pg 60)
- Field of the Shephards at Bethlehem (W. Gellatly, after pg 66)
- Jericho (engraved by J. Bower, after pg 92)
- Pool of Bethesda and Church of St Anne (engraved by E. Radclyffe, after pg 108)
- Lydda (engraved by R. Dawson, after pg 144)
- Jaffa (engraved by E. Radclyffe, after pg 146)