print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1850,0223.720
- Description
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Head-piece for Fenton's edition of 'The poetical works of Edmund Waller', issued by Tonson (1729); an eagle flying among clouds towards the sun, holding a lyre; banner in front inscribed with 'Spernit Hvmvm Fvgiente Penna"; impression pasted onto sheet of paper along left edge; printed text on verso. 1727
Etching and engraving, with letterpress on verso
- Production date
- 1727
- Dimensions
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Height: 81 millimetres (plate; trimmed?)
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Height: 106 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 157 millimetres (plate)
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Width: 347 millimetres (sheet)
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The poetical works of Edmund Waller (1729)
- Acquisition date
- 1850
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1850,0223.720
