Based on a miniature by Isaac Oliver, painted between 1602 and 1617. Shows Cherbury full length, reclining on his left side, in a forest, holding a shield inscribed "MAGICA SYMPATHIA". In the background: the rest of his armor, a pike, a man holding a plumed helmet, and two horses in armor
Notes
General notes
Title engraved below image
Dimensions from trimmed copy in British Museum catalog
Frontispiece to: The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury / written by himself. Strawberry-Hill : [Horace Walpole], 1764
ART File H537.5 no.1 also available as a digital reproduction
Item information about Folger ART File H537.5 no.1
Trimmed within platemark
Also known as
Extended title: Edward Lord Herbert of Chirbury Ia. Oliver pinx. ; Ant. Walker sculp
Alternate titles: Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury
Related names
printmaker: Walker, Anthony, 1726-1765
depiction: Herbert of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, Baron, 1583-1648
artist: Oliver, Isaac, 1556?-1617
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