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Date(s)
- c. 1580 (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
22.7 cm x 27.6 cm
Notes area
Note
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)