Mankind passes through death to attain the reward of heaven. Engraving by T. Cecill, 1630.
- Cecil, Thomas, active 1630.
- Date:
- [1630]
- Reference:
- 588623i
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Description
A man, naked but for a loincloth ("Ab hoc", i.e. from this state of naked helplessness) tramples on a skull and crossbones (per hoc", i.e. through death). Above, a crown in the sky ("ad hoc", i.e. to this heavenly reward). Originally accompanied by interpretative verses quoted by Hind, loc. cit.
Publication/Creation
[London] : [M. Flesher for J. Marriott], [1630]
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; image 12.7 x 7.3 cm
Lettering
Divine poems revised and corrected with additions by the author Fra: Quarles. Ab hoc ; per hoc ; ad hoc. T. Cecill
References note
A. M. Hind, Engraving in England in the sixteenth & seventeenth centuries, Cambridge 1952-1964, part 3. The reign of Charles I by M. Corbett & M. Norton, p. 45 no. 38 (by Thomas Cecill, fl. 1625-1640)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 588623i
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