Gallery›Wellcome Collection›An artist painting a woman with a hand mirror and the devil; representing the faculty of the imagination. Engraving by T. Jenner (?), c. 1650.
An artist painting a woman with a hand mirror and the devil; representing the faculty of the imagination. Engraving by T. Jenner (?), c. 1650.
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An artist painting a woman with a hand mirror and the devil; representing the faculty of the imagination. Engraving by T. Jenner (?), c. 1650.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Fancie. Apelike I all thinges imitate,/ Dreamelike I them vary straite./ New proiects fashions I invent./ All shapes to head and harte present.

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