print;
title-page
- Museum number
- 1858,0417.291
- Description
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Engraved title-page to Richard Brathwaite, 'The English Gentleman and English Gentlewoman', 3rd edition (London, John Dawson, 1641); title in centre, on a slab between two columns; on the left, a man, in hat and cloak, wearing a sword and carrying a cane, with the inscriptions 'Spes in coelis, Pes in terris' and 'Qui genus iactat suum, Aliena laudat' (Seneca, 'Hercules Furens'); on the right, a woman holding a flower and a book, with the inscriptions 'Grace my guide, Glory my goale' and 'Casta fides sponsam me fecerit'; top centre, within an arch, a lactating female figure with open book; in the four corners sixteen panels illustrating sections from the book; bottom centre, an emblem featuring a helmet, dog, and shield, with the inscription 'Generoso Germine Gemmo'.
Engraving
- Production date
- 1641
- Dimensions
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Height: 246 millimetres
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Width: 160 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The English Gentleman and English Gentlewoman
- Acquisition date
- 1858
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1858,0417.291