Theophila stomping the serpent in Canto 4

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Photograph of a page opening in Benlowes’s gift copy of Theophila to St. John’s College Library.
Francis Barlow (engraver), Theophila stomping a serpent, inserted in Canto 4 in this copy of Theophila (1652). St Johns College Library, Bb.4.25, facing sig. H6v.

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A large plate that folds out of St. John College Library’s copy of Theophila, given to the library by the author Edward Benlowes. The plate shows the figure Theophila leaning against a pedestal, stomping a serpent, and pointing toward the heavens. An open book is on her lap and she holds a palm branch.

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  • type
    Image
  • created on
  • file format
    jpg
  • file size
    6 MB
  • container title
    Edward Benlowes, Theophila (London: Henry Seile and Humphrey Moseley, 1652)
  • copyright status
    Public Domain
  • creator
    Edward Benlowes, Francis Barlow
  • credit
    Photograph by Kathryn McKee. By permission of the Master and Fellows of St. John’s College, Cambridge.
  • original publisher
    Edward Benlowes, Roger Norton, Henry Seile, Humphrey Moseley
  • original publisher place
    London
  • rights holder
    Kathryn McKee
  • rights territory
    Worldwide