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

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    Image
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    jpg
  • 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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