William Fenner Rector of Rochford, B.D. Sometimes fellow of Pembroke Hall in Cambridge.

Method Etching
Artist Wenceslaus Hollar
Published John Stafford, 1656
Dimensions Image 207 x 136 mm, Sheet 223 x 139 mm
Notes Inscription reads: 'Gaze not so much upon the outward grace/And faire proportions of learnd Fenners face,/That's but ye Shaddow of him, tis within/The greatest glory of his Spirit doth Shine/There trace his graces and no longer look/Upon his picture but peruse his Book.'

William Fenner (1600–1640) was an English Puritan divine.

Pennington 1403

Condition: Trimmed within plate mark and tipped to album page. Discolouration to sheet. Old handwriting in ink in lower margin not affecting image.
Framing unmounted
Price £80.00
Stock ID 36821

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