Accession number
PML 145850.215
Creator
Kirkall, Elisha, 1682?-1742, engraver.
Published
[England? : s.n., 17--
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from item.
Inserted as item 215 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).
Inserted as item 215 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: 318 x 188 mm; plate mark: 323 x 197 mm; sheet: 351 x 225 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a female figure in classical dress (presumably St. Cecilia) playing an organ labeled "Inspirantur & Inspirant", accompanied by cherubs who play stringed instruments behind her; above, an angelic host of musicians play below an irradiated sun.
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