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Titlepage
(1654)
for Zootomia, or A Moral Anatomy of the Living by the Dead by Richard Whitlock, published in London, 1654
Medium
etching
Measurements
13.5 × 8.0 cm (image) 13.6 × 8.2 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark) (26.1 × 22.6 cm) (backing sheet)
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 1329 ii/ii; Pennington 489 ii/ii
Edition
2nd of 2 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) (in cartouche) u.c.: ZOOTOMIA, / or / A Morall Anatomy of the / Living by the Dead, / in / Obſeruations Eſsayes, &c:.
printed in ink (in image) (in scrolls) l.c.: Vana / Vexa tio / Stercus / Seneca / Plutarch
printed in ink (in image) (in scroll) l.l.-l.r.: Quam Mundi Illecebris Vacuum : quam Triste Cadaver : / Cuius tres Ventres, Stercus, Vexatio, Vana.
Accession Number
1278.1366-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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