A man directs the attention of a boy to a Latin inscription on a plinth stating that learning increases natural capability; representing education. Etching by D. Lizars, 1784.

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1784
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28967i
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A man directs the attention of a boy to a Latin inscription on a plinth stating that learning increases natural capability; representing education. Etching by D. Lizars, 1784. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Edinburgh (Parliament Square) : C. Elliot, 1784.

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1 print : etching ; image 14.2 x 8.7 cm

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D. Lizars sculpt. Edinr. The inscription is: Doctrina vim promovet insitam: Horace, Odes IV.4.33 ("doctrina sed vim promovet insitam / rectique cultus pectora roborant"). It was chosen as the motto of the university of Madras

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Wellcome Collection 28967i

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