Inglis, Esther. Esther Anglois, françoise

Folger bibliographic ID: 265379
Folger call number: X.d.533
Folger holdings ID: 351040

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

General notes

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 Also available as a digital reproduction 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

Alternate titles: Self-portrait of Esther Inglis, In Psalmos Davidis Estherae Inglis (cuius effigiem hic vides manu descriptos)

Inglis, Esther, 1571-1624

artist: Inglis, Esther, 1571-1624
depiction: Inglis, Esther, 1571-1624
calligrapher: Inglis, Esther, 1571-1624
associated with: Melville, Andrew, 1545-1622