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- c. 1580-1605 (Creation)
Extent and medium
Engraving on paper
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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 ... »
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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.
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
20.3 cm x 26.6 cm
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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
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Text in the lower margin: "In igne succus omnium, arte, corporum / Vigens fit vnda, limpida et potissima."
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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)