FRONTISPIECE (?)
Image(s) size: approx. 7 x 12.5 inches (each)
INSCRIBED:
GROUPS PAINTED BY MICHELANGIOLO BUONAROTI, 1508-1511, IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL AT ROME, UNDER THE FIGURE OF THE PROPHET JONAS, AND WHICH HE AFTERWARDS OBLITERATED, IN ORDER TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE UPPER PART OF THE CELEBRATED LAST JUDGMENT; UNMINDFUL, PERHAPS, THAT IN SO DOING, HE RENDERED IMPERFECT HIS GENEALOGICAL SERIES, SHEWING THE DESCENT OF CHRIST FROM ABRAHAM.
DRAWN BY WILLIAM YOUNG OTTLEY, AND ENGRAVED UNDER HIS DIRECTION, UPON THE AUTHORITY OF A DRAWING OF THE EARLY PART OF THE 16TH CENTURY, IN THE POSSESSION OF SAMUEL ROGERS, ESQ.
TO WHOM THIS PLATE IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.