Esther Anglois, françoise [graphic].
1599
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Title
Esther Anglois, françoise [graphic].
Variant title
Folger card title: Self-portrait of Esther Inglis
Created/published
[Edinburgh, Scotland], [1599]
Description
1 drawing : pen and ink ; sheet 167 x 114 mm
Associated name
Inglis, Esther, 1571-1624, artist.
Inglis, Esther, 1571-1624, calligrapher.
Melville, Andrew, 1545-1622.
Inglis, Esther, 1571-1624, calligrapher.
Melville, Andrew, 1545-1622.
Material base
paper
Summary
Oval self- portrait of Esther Inglis, half length, with a table in front of her. She holds a pen in her right hand; the book in which she writes reads "De l'Eternel le bien. De moi le mal, ou rien." To the viewer's right, another book containing musical notation.
Note
Title from lettering around oval portrait.
Below, Inglis' copy of Latin lines in her commendation by Andrew Melville entitled In Psalmos Davidis Estherae Inglis (cuius effigiem hic vides) manu descriptos, beginning "Si mihi mens, tibi quae manus est, ego pingere tentem."
Place of production and date from former host item, which is dated Lislebourg, 1599.
Below, Inglis' copy of Latin lines in her commendation by Andrew Melville entitled In Psalmos Davidis Estherae Inglis (cuius effigiem hic vides) manu descriptos, beginning "Si mihi mens, tibi quae manus est, ego pingere tentem."
Place of production and date from former host item, which is dated Lislebourg, 1599.
Provenance
Removed from Les CL pseaumes de David escrites en diverses sortes de lettres par Esther Anglois, Françoise (Folger MS. V.a.93).
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2001-2002. The Reader Revealed (catalog entry 5)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1981-1982.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1981-1982.
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library X.d.533
Genre/form
Portraits, Female.
Calligraphy (visual works)
Calligraphy (visual works)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- Scotland -- Edinburgh.
Item Details
Call number
X.d.533