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Frontispiece

Frontispiece
 (c. 1658)
for The Whole Duty of Man by Richard Allestree, published by Timothy Garthwait, London, 1657, 1st edition

Medium
etching
Measurements
15.0 × 8.5 cm (image) 15.9 × 9.1 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 1663 (copy); Pennington 2661A (copy)
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: W Hollar fecit.
printed in ink (in image) c.: The / WHOLE DUTY / of / MAN / Plainly layd down for / the uſe of ye (e in superscript above y) meanest / Reader; / with / PRAYERS / fitted to ſeuer / all occa / ſions
printed in ink u.l.-u.r.: The Firſt Frontiſepiece to the Old DUTY of MAN.
printed in ink (in image) u.c.-l.r.: (verses from the Bible)
Accession Number
1278.1334-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display