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Date(s)
- 1558 (Creation)
Extent and medium
Engraving on paper
Context area
Name of creator
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
20.3 cm x 30.1 cm
Notes area
Note
Engraver: Philips Galle
Publisher: Philips Galle
After Maarten van Heemskerk
Note
Part of a series of six prints depicting the story of St Peter and St John.
Second state
Plate 2
Note
Text in the lower margin: "Cum illis templum intrat."
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Digital image of the print available online (subscription service only): https://www.virginiacompanyarchives.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Detail/ferrar-print-90/520460
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Sources
Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Amsterdam, 1949 (297)
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. 59)