463 - Lex Naturæ

Identity area

Reference code

MCPP/FF/FPR/L/463

Title

Lex Naturæ

Date(s)

  • c. 1580 (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

22.7 cm x 27.6 cm

Notes area

Note

Engraver: Jerome Wierix
Publisher: Pieter Baltens
After Marten de Vos

Note

Part of a set of three prints depicting the three laws governing the three ages of the world.
Plate 1

Note

In the lower margin three columns of text in Dutch, Latin and French, each four lines.

Note

The figure of God has been cut out.

Note

Digital image of the print available online (subscription service only): https://www.virginiacompanyarchives.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Detail/ferrar-print-463/519952

Access points

Description control area

Sources

Alvin, L. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre des trois frères, Jean, Jérôme & Antoine Wierix, Brussels, 1866 (1255)