463 - Lex Naturæ

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MCPP/FF/FPR/L/463

Title

Lex Naturæ

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  • c. 1580 (Creation)

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Engraving on paper

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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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      22.7 cm x 27.6 cm

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

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

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

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      The figure of God has been cut out.

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

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          Sources

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

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