323 - Distillatio

Identity area

Reference code

MCPP/FF/FPR/L/323

Title

Distillatio

Date(s)

  • c. 1580-1605 (Creation)

Extent and medium

Engraving on paper

Context area

Name of creator

(1593-1637)

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 ... »

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

20.3 cm x 26.6 cm

Notes area

Note

Publisher: Philips Galle
After Jan van der Straet

Note

Part of collection of nineteen prints from the series Nova Reperta, which depicts new inventions and discoveries in the 'modern' world (as opposed to the classical world of antiquity). This plate illustrates the invention of distillation.
Plate 7

Note

Text in the lower margin: "In igne succus omnium, arte, corporum / Vigens fit vnda, limpida et potissima."

Access points

Description control area

Sources

Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Amsterdam, 1949 (417)
Hollstein, F.W.H. The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700, Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2008 (329)