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Date(s)
- c. 1598 (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 ... »
Name of creator
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
17.7 cm x 21.5 cm
Notes area
Note
Engraver: Jan Baptist Barbé
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 28
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Text in the lower margin from John 8: "Adducunt Scribae et Pharisaei mulierem in adulterio depraehensam. Iesus autem inclinans se deorsum, digito scribebat in terra."
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MS annotation on the verso of the print in the hand of John Ferrar: "75".