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Youth led by Wisdom to the temple of Virtue and Honour
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1708-1776
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Width: 12.4 cm
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p. 26
Hammelmann, H. A. The Book Collector, 1953. pp. 116-132.
p. 126
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: upper right (within drawing), brown ink, titled: "Temple of Honour / Temple of Virtue"; lower centre, brown ink, signed and described: "Fr. Hayman Invt _______ Preceptor / The Youth who Led by Wisdom's guiding hand, / seeks Virtue's Temple + her Law reveres: / He he [sic] alone in Honour's Dome shall stand / Crown'd with rewards + raisd above his Peers: / Recording Annals shal [sic] preserve his Name, / And give his Virtues to Immortal Fame.". Verso: upper centre, graphite: "Collection JP Heseltine"; lower centre, brown ink, Heseltine’s hand: "From a folio volume containing sketches by James Barry, R. Cooper, / + R Wilson, stated to have belonged to Barry / Purchased of Sewening, dealer, 29. Duke Street, Piccadilly. April 3. 1884 / J.P.". Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite, Witt acc. no.: "4558".
Label: Verso: upper left corner, first number written in black ink, then crossed out and second number written in graphite: "28 / 25".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in red: John Postle Heseltine (L.1508).
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