Benjamin Spencer
Print
1650 (published)
1650 (published)
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Print, portrait of a man, half-length, facing half right, at a table holding a skull and a book; in the background are drapery, clouds, and rays of light, within a rectangular border with Latin mottoes.
Object details
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Title | Benjamin Spencer (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Engraving |
Brief description | Print, portrait of Benjamin Spencer, engraving by Thomas Cross, 1650. |
Physical description | Print, portrait of a man, half-length, facing half right, at a table holding a skull and a book; in the background are drapery, clouds, and rays of light, within a rectangular border with Latin mottoes. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Ligno Christi Fixus Mundo Crucifixus Caro Deorsum Cor Sursum / Ferendo Sepultus, Sperando Resultus Cross fecit.' (Lettered) |
Credit line | Given by Edgar Seligman |
Object history | This print was published as the frontispiece to Benjamin Spencer's Chrysomeson, a Golden Mean, 1650. |
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Accession number | E.269-1960 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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