Figure descriptions
Illustration depicts the seventh plague of Egypt, a scene from Exodus ix, 22, &c.
In the foreground, Moses stands on a
balcony overlooking a city in Egypt. He raises both arms into the air while holding
his staff toward the sky. In front of Moses, a
giant tempest falls over Egypt, flooding the city. Lightning bolts emerge from dark
clouds at the center of the storm, and
illuminate the sky. An Egyptian dressed in white cowers on the balcony beside Moses
and raises both hands to the air while looking
toward the sky. Two people bow on the ground at Moses’s other side. On a distant balcony,
a group of people cower while watching the
storm. There are pyramids and mountains in the distant background. Full-page illustration
contained within a single-ruled
border.
