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- c. 1598 (Creation)
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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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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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17.7 cm x 21.5 cm
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Engraver: Jacques de Bie
Publisher: Theodor Galle
After Marten de Vos
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Part of a set of fifty-one prints entitled Vita, Passio, et Resurrectio Jesu Christi (The Life and Passion of Christ).
Plate 33
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Text in the lower margin from Luke 22: "Vidit Iesus quandam viduam pauperculam mittentem ara minuta duo: Et dixit, Vere dico vobis, quia vidua haec pauper, plusquam omnes misit."
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Digital image of the print available online (subscription service only): https://www.virginiacompanyarchives.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Detail/ferrar-print-370/519641