"Summer Woman" engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar, repurposed by Edward Benlowes in Theophila (1652)

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created on
April 25, 2019
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file size
6 MB
container title
Edward Benlowes, Theophila (London: Henry Seile and Humphrey Moseley, 1652)
copyright status
Public Domain
creator
Edward Benlowes, Wenceslaus Hollar
credit
Boston Public Library.
original publisher
Edward Benlowes, Roger Norton, Henry Seile, Humphrey Moseley
original publisher place
London
rights
CC0
rights territory
Worldwide

"Summer Woman" engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar, repurposed by Edward Benlowes at the end of Canto 11, Theophila (1652). In this copy, Benlowes has inked symbols on her face and chest. Boston Public Library, A.742.1 FOLIO, sig. X1v.

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Printed page featuring an engraving of "Summer Woman" from Hollar's "Four Seasons" series with symbols added by hand.

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