King James I of England on his deathbed, attended by courtiers trying to poison him. Etching by or after W. Hollar, ca. 1672.

  • Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.
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1672
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36283i
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King James I of England on his deathbed, attended by courtiers trying to poison him. Etching by or after W. Hollar, ca. 1672. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Each figure has a speech banner emerging from his mouth, bearing one sentence. 'Sumus fumus': we are smoke, expressing human ephemerality

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[London?]

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1 print : etching

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I'll warrant you. Thanks to the chymist. Sumus fumus. Not by art but chymicallie

References note

Alastair Bellany and Thomas Cogswell, The murder of King James I, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015

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Wellcome Collection 36283i

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