Paradisi in Sole. Paradisus Terrestris

Multiple artists/makers

1629

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Title: Paradisi in Sole. Paradisus Terrestris
Author: John Parkinson (British, 1567–1650)
Printer: Humfrey Lownes and Robert Young (London)
Sitter: John Parkinson (British, 1567–1650)
Dedicatee: Anne of Denmark, Queen of England (1574–1619)
Date: 1629
Medium: Illustrations: woodcut
Dimensions: 14 1/8 x 8 7/8 x 1 3/4 in. (35.8 x 22.6 x 4.5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Estate of Marie L. Russell, 1946
Object Number: 46.117.14
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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