Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1602 (Creation)
Extent and medium
Engraving on paper
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
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 ... »
Name of creator
Archival history
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.
Conditions of access and use area
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
28.2 cm x 20.1 cm
Notes area
Note
Engraver: Cornelis Cort, 1572
Publisher: Giovanni Orlandi of Rome, 1602
After Etienne Dupérac
Note
Part of a series of prints depicting the life of Christ.
Note
Lettered in the lower margin: "Antonij lafrery Romae" (Antoine Lafréry).
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MS annotation on the verso of the print in the hand of John Ferrar: "143".
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Digital image of the print available online (subscription service only): https://www.virginiacompanyarchives.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Detail/ferrar-print-486/520028
Access points
Name access points
- Cort, Cornelis (1533-1578), engraver and draughtsman (Subject)
- Orlandi, Giovanni (active 1590-1640), engraver, printer and print publisher (Subject)
- Lafréry, Antoine (?1512-1577), publisher, printer and print dealer (Subject)
- Dupérac, Etienne (c. 1535-1604), etcher, engraver, painter and architect (Subject)
- Ferrar, John (1588–1657), merchant and politician (Subject)
Description control area
Sources
Bierens de Haan, J. C. J. L'oeuvre gravé de Cornelis Cort, graveur hollandais 1533-1578, The Hague, 1948 (82)