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Stokes William

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

(engraver)
active 1634-1652 (Life dates)

Title

Stokes William

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Height: 17.6 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

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