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Titlepage. Nicolas Talon 'The Holy History'

Author Related author Nicolas Talon British
1653
Not on view
The title is over a doorway, at the top of a flight of stairs leading into a classical temple resembling St. Peter's, Rome. Moses seated to left on steps leading inside a church, holding the stone tablets of law, his left arm raised; a female figure standing behind him, holding a mirror, pointing towards a Latin inscription above the door; lettered with 'The / Holy / History,' above, in space surrounded with a garland; two plaques with biblical scenes on either side of the door; title-page to Nicholas Talon's 'The Holy History' (London: 1653)

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Object Information
  • Title: Titlepage. Nicolas Talon 'The Holy History'
  • Series/Portfolio: Title Pages by Author
  • Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Author: Related author Nicolas Talon (British, Moulins 1605–1691 Paris)
  • Date: 1653
  • Medium: Etching; only state
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 5 5/8 in. (19.7 × 14.3 cm) cut outside the borderlines but within the
    platemark
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.3.365
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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