Accession number
PML 145850.182
Creator
Dalen, Cornelius van, engraver.
Published
[London] : P Stent excudit ; Sould by John Overton at the white horse neere the fountaine tavern without Newgate, [16--]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from item.
Signed within lower image, "J.B. inventor", signed at bottom, "C.V. Dalen sculp." and "P Stent excudit."
Text at head of design continues: The Sinns of Satan and the judgment day, / The hart of man in naught Contented is, / But the fruition of Eternall bliss, / With incitation allway to be Watching, / Fitlye expressed are by th' Emblem following.
Engraved text below in two columns of nine verses each: The Serpent signifies that Time to pass doth bring ... Mark their inscriptions, see their use and end.
Inserted as item 182 into an album of collected prints, broadsides, drawings, and miscellaneous single sheet items, assembled by former owner Joseph Ames and entitled "Emblematical and satirical prints on persons and professions" (PML 145850).
Signed within lower image, "J.B. inventor", signed at bottom, "C.V. Dalen sculp." and "P Stent excudit."
Text at head of design continues: The Sinns of Satan and the judgment day, / The hart of man in naught Contented is, / But the fruition of Eternall bliss, / With incitation allway to be Watching, / Fitlye expressed are by th' Emblem following.
Engraved text below in two columns of nine verses each: The Serpent signifies that Time to pass doth bring ... Mark their inscriptions, see their use and end.
Inserted as item 182 into an album of collected prints, broadsides, drawings, and miscellaneous single sheet items, assembled by former owner Joseph Ames and entitled "Emblematical and satirical prints on persons and professions" (PML 145850).
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 265 x 205 mm; plate mark: 271 x 209 mm; sheet: 282 x 222 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a circular, emblematic design of the world surmounted by God and Heaven above (shown as triangle and winged heart, with the words "Eternall glorie" at top") and beset by the Devil and his demons below, the whole flanked by the figure of Time (left) and Death (right), and surmounted by two cherubs holding a banner with engraved verses beginning: Times revolution, and the worlds decaie ...
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