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Frontispiece

Frontispiece
(1657)
for The Whole Duty of Man by Richard Allestree, published by Timothy Garthwait, London, 1657, 1st edition

Medium
etching

Measurements
15.0 × 8.5 cm (image) 15.2 × 8.8 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 1663 ii/ii; Pennington 2661A ii/ii

Edition
2nd of 2 states

Printing/Publishing
printed by D. Maxwell

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: W. Hollar fecit
printed in ink (in image) c.: The / WHOLE DUTY/ of / MAN / Plainly layd down for / the uſe of the mea= / neſt Reader, (underlined) / with- / PRAYERS / fitted to ſeue / rall occa= / ſions.
printed in ink (in image) u.c.-l.r.: (verses from the Bible)

Accession Number
1278.1294-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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