Stokes William
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
(engraver)
active 1634-1652 (Life dates)
1600-1699
(engraver)
active 1634-1652 (Life dates)
Title
Stokes William
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Height: 17.6 cm
Width: 11.5 cm
Width: 11.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4296
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower margin, printed: Ingeniosa tibi VIVAM manus edidit VMBRAM, / VERUM HOMINEM MORTUS te probat else tuus / Sed tam motu agili, tanta vertiginis arte / Exteplo' Spacim te per utrumq; ratas, / Corpore Sub ficto mihi SPIRITUS else videris, / Aut Corpus CHYMICA SPIRITVALE manu / am fenit equus MOLEM tuus impiger omnes, / Pervolitas partes, nec mora pondus habet. / T. S.
Inscription: Recto: lower mount, typed: Stokes, William. / Egraved by G. Glover; a small oval, under which are eight Latin verses. / AUTHOR of "The Vaulting Master; or, the Art of Vaulting / reduced to a Method, comprised under certain Rules, " 1641, to which is / prefixed his prin.
Signature: Verso: upper mount, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY
Inscription: Recto: lower mount, typed: Stokes, William. / Egraved by G. Glover; a small oval, under which are eight Latin verses. / AUTHOR of "The Vaulting Master; or, the Art of Vaulting / reduced to a Method, comprised under certain Rules, " 1641, to which is / prefixed his prin.
Signature: Verso: upper mount, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY
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