Honoratissimo Dn Domino Francisco Seymur Equiti Aurato Baron Seymour de Trowbridge, Tabula merito votiua. | |
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| Technique: Copper plate engraving |
| Dimensions: 290 x 192 mm |
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| Publisher(s): Ogilby, John |
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| Thin laid paper with fleur de lys watermark, evenly toned |
ex Norman Blackburn Trade & Industry Collection
A nighttime domestic scene illustrating a verse from Georgics I
Et quidem seros Hiberni ad luminis ignes
Pervigilat ferroque faces inspicat acuto
Interea longum cantu solata laborem
Arguto Conjux percurrit pectine telas
which roughly translates as
"One man stays awake through the night till the late blaze of the winter fire
And with a sharp knife points the torches,
While his wife makes her long toil comfortable by singing as she weaves through the cloth."
Date 1654 in pencil. From Ogilby's 1654 translation of Virgil.
The plate is dedicated to and sponsored by Francis Seymour of Trowbridge |
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Antique Print - "Honoratissimo Dn Domino Francisco Seymur Equiti Aurato Baron Seymour de Trowbridge, Tabula merito votiua.". |