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The blessings of peace and the calamities of war [writing sheet]

Accession number
PML 86088
Published
[London] : Printed and sold by J. Hawkins, Printer in Shire Lane, Temple Bar, Sep[tember] 27, 1762.
Credit line
Purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund; 1994.
Notes
Engraved writing sheet with four vignettes of peaceful scenes on the left side and four scenes of war on the right side, all illustrating quotations from the Bible. Framed, engraved title on top.
Samples of handwriting in English, Latin, and French.
"Fait par moi Charles Stewart a Noel l'an de Grace. 1762"--handwritten note at bottom of page.
Watermark: fleur-de-lis posée dans un écu couronnée somewhat like Briquet 7210. Countermark: VI.
Description
1 sheet : ill. (engraving) ; 44 x 35 cm
Provenance
Charles Stewart; F.R. Bussell, his collection of English children's books of the 17th to mid-19th-centuries was purchased by the National Magazine Co. and exhibited at the National Book League in London in 1947 (the first exhibition following WWII); Edgar Oppenheimer, acquired 1953.
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