He gave himself a ransom for all I Tim. II.6. [art original]

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Title: He gave himself a ransom for all I Tim. II.6. [art original]
Creator: Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776, artist
Published / Created: [ca. 1746]
Publication Place: England
Description: Title written in ink below image.
Attribution to Francis Hayman from local card catalog record. This is possibly the original drawing for the frontispiece engraved by Grignion that was issued in later editions of Hervey's Meditations among the tombs.
Date of production based on publication date of the book in which the drawing is found.
Bound in as the frontispiece in James Hervey's copy of the first edition of his Meditations among the tombs.
Provenance: Formerly owned by James Hervey, the volume containing his manuscript corrections, annotations, and additions for the third edition. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Chaucer Head, January 1946.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 13.3 x 8.6 cm, on sheet 18.5 x 11.8 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 53 H446 746
Collection Title: Frontispiece. Meditations among the tombs.
Collection / Other Creator: Hervey, James, 1714-1758.
Collection Date: London : Printed for J. and J. Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-yard; and J. Leake, at Bath, MDCCXLVI [1746]

Access: Public
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Citation: Francis Hayman, He Gave Himself a Ransom for All. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.