Hieroglyphicks of the natural man [graphic]

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Title: Hieroglyphicks of the natural man [graphic]
Alternative Title: Hieroglyphics of the natural man
Creator: Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, printmaker
Contributor: Bakewell, J., active 1771, artist.
Bowles & Carver, publisher.
Published / Created: publish'd as the act directs, [not before 1793]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Bowles & Carver, Map & Printsellers, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker from the 1771 edition. Printmaker's name burnished from plate.
Publication date inferred from the date of partnership formed by Henry Carington Bowles and Carver after Carington Bowles's death in 1793. See Plomer, H.R. Dictionaries of printers and booksellers, p. 31.
One line of quote below title: Cut it down while cumbreth it the ground.
Temporary local subject terms: Tree of life -- Vices: names on fruit of tree -- Death: skeleton with axe -- Emblems: scorpions and snakes as evil -- Emblems: dove of peace -- Emblems: lightining as wrath of God -- Mouth of Hell -- Destruction: woods and villages laid low -- Allegorical figures: angel(?) -- Bible: quotation from Luke, xiii, 7.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss ; May 1954 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 34.9 x 24.7 cm, on sheet 37 x 27 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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