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- c. 1565 (Creation)
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Educated at Clare Hall/College; Fellow of Clare. From 1618 to 1624 he was director to the affairs of the Virginia Company. Ferrar was ordained as a deacon in 1626 and founded the small Anglican community of Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire, shortly after his mother Mary Ferrar purchased the land there in 1624.
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The loose Ferrar prints were conserved in 2014-2015. Please note that the digital images of the prints were captured before conservation work took place.
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20.8 cm x 24.7 cm
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Engraver: Philips Galle
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Part of a series of four prints entitled: The Idler's Punishment.
Plate 2
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Text in the lower margin: "Mox illvm incvrsat pannosa [...] vt clypeo tectvs gladiator aheno".
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Digital image of the print available online (subscription service only): https://www.virginiacompanyarchives.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Detail/ferrar-print-49/520039
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Hollstein, F.W.H. The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 Amsterdam, 1993 continuing (66.I)