Thomas Hoobs (Thomas Hobbes), after 1664

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Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 19.7 x 14.1 cm (7 3/4 x 5 9/16 in.)

sheet: 21 x 15 cm (8 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Fagan 1888, Vol. p, no. 41, State i/ii

Accession Number

2006.4.3

Artists / Makers

William Faithorne (artist) English, 1616 - 1691

Image Use

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Inscription

in image around frame: PHILOSOPHIA EN QVAM MODICE HABITAT; lower right in image: W. Faithorne sculp:; lower center in plate: THOMAS HOOBS Malmeskuriensis. / Aet: suae. 76

Provenance

(R. M. Light & Co. Inc., Santa Barbara); purchased 2006 by NGA.

Associated Names

Light, Robert M., Mr.

Bibliography

1888: Fagan, Louis. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Engraved Works of William Faithorne. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1888.