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Hierapistes: a defense, by way of apology, for the ministry and ministers of the Church of England

Print
1653 (published)
Artist/Maker
Thomas Cross (engraver)
Andrew Crooke (publisher)
Place of origin
London (published)

Title-page illustrated with the standing figure of a king (Charles I) and a bishop (?the author) representing armed Prudence and learned Piety, hold a shield, bearing the title, in front of a column surmounted by the sun of righteousness. Behind the king are an oak tree and a lion, behind the bishop, an olive tree and a lamb, above are clouds and cherub heads.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Printed Pages & Sheets
Object type
Print
TitleHierapistes: a defense, by way of apology, for the ministry and ministers of the Church of England (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Print, title-page to John Gauden's Hierapistes: a defense, by way of apology, for the ministry and ministers of the Church of England, engraving by Thomas Cross, 1653.
Physical description
Title-page illustrated with the standing figure of a king (Charles I) and a bishop (?the author) representing armed Prudence and learned Piety, hold a shield, bearing the title, in front of a column surmounted by the sun of righteousness. Behind the king are an oak tree and a lion, behind the bishop, an olive tree and a lamb, above are clouds and cherub heads.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.3cm (cut)
  • Width: 14cm (cut)
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Style
English School
Marks and inscriptions
'Tho. Cross Sculpsit. London Printed for Andrew Crooke. 1653.' ( Lettered with the title of the book, motoes etc. an)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Subjects depicted
Bishop
King
Lamb
Cherubs
Shield
Oak Tree
Lion
Charles I
Prudence
Bibliographic references
  • Corbett, Margery and Michael Norton. Engraving in England in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: the Reign of Charles I. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1952-64.
  • Johnson, A. F. A catalogue of engraved and etched English title-pages: down to the death of William Faithorne, 1691. London: Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Oxford University Press, 1934. xi. 109 p.
  • Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum: vol. 5, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. 11 v. ill. London: British Museum, 1870-1954.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.290-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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