An artist painting a woman with a hand mirror and the devil; representing the faculty of the imagination. Engraving, 16--.
- Date:
- [not later than 1662]
- Reference:
- 26813i
- Part of:
- The foure faculties of the minde
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Description
Though these prints are described by Griffiths (loc. cit.) as half-length women, two prints in the set are full-length figures of seated men and two are three-quarter length figures of seated women
Publication/Creation
[London] : [Sould by Tho: Ienner at the Exc[h]ange dore], [not later than 1662]
Physical description
1 print : line engraving ; platemark 18 x 12 cm.
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Fancie. Apelike I all thinges imitate,/ Dreamelike I them vary straite./ New proiects fashions I invent./ All shapes to head and harte present.
References note
Antony Griffiths, The print in Stuart Britain 1603-1689, London 1998, p. 308, no. 17 ('The foure faculties of the minde', Publisher: Thomas Jenner (1662 advertisement))
Reference
Wellcome Collection 26813i
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