67 - I have married a wife

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MCPP/FF/FPR/L/67

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I have married a wife

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  • 1558-1559 (Creation)

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Name of creator

Ferrar, Nicholas (1593–1637), religious writer and administrator
(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 after his mother Mary Ferrar purchased the land there in 1624.

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Ferrar, John (1588–1657), merchant and politician
(1588-1657)

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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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      21 cm x 25.7 cm

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      Engraver: Dirk Volkertsz Coornhert
      Publisher: Theodor Galle
      After Maarten van Heemskerk

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      Part of a series of six prints depicting the parable of the King who made a supper.
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      Numbered 4

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      Text in the lower margin from Luke 14: "Uxorem duxi, et ideo non possum venire."

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      MS annotation on the verso of the print in the hand of John Ferrar: "115".

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      Digital image of the print available online (subscription service only).

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          Sources

          Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Amsterdam, 1949 (102)
          Hollstein, F.W.H. The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 Amsterdam, 1993 continuing (346)
          Kerrich, T. A catalogue of the prints, which have been engraved after Martin Heemskerck; or rather, an essay towards such a catalogue, Cambridge, 1829 (p. 70)

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