The veronica (sudarium of Saint Veronica), representing the face of Christ. Etching, 17--, after C. Mellan, 1649.

London (at the Black Horse in Cornhill) : John Bowles

1 print : etching ; platemark 50.5 x 40.5 cm

Formatur unicus una non alter. 17...1. The head of our Saviour crowned with thorns artificially represented by a single stroke of the graver which formed from a point on the tip of the nose, is continued waving round that point without ever crossing itself, or being crossed by any other line.

Gabriele Finaldi, The image of Christ, London: National Gallery, 2000, pp. 92-93 (text by Alexander Sturgis)

Wellcome Collection 32660i