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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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26.9 cm x 19.5 cm
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Engraver: Jerome Wierix
Publisher: Claes Jansz. Visscher
After Andriaen de Weerdt of Brussels
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One from of a series of four prints depicting the Evangelists.
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Text in the lower margin: "Marcus ab horrendo rediuiuum funere Christum / Quisquis es horum, operum ne nom memorullius esses, / Partaq[ue] devicta morte trophaeareferet. / Ars quâte potuit docta monere, monet."
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Digital image of the print available online (subscription service only): https://www.virginiacompanyarchives.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Detail/ferrar-print-476/519994
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Alvin, L. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre des trois frères, Jean, Jérôme & Antoine Wierix, Brussels, 1866 (649-53)