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Frontispiece
(c. 1658)
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) 15.9 × 9.1 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 1663 (copy); Pennington 2661A (copy)
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: W Hollar fecit.
printed in ink (in image) c.: The / WHOLE DUTY / of / MAN / Plainly layd down for / the uſe of ye (e in superscript above y) meanest / Reader; / with / PRAYERS / fitted to ſeuer / all occa / ſions
printed in ink u.l.-u.r.: The Firſt Frontiſepiece to the Old DUTY of MAN.
printed in ink (in image) u.c.-l.r.: (verses from the Bible)
Accession Number
1278.1334-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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