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CAT. 41.  Robert Hooke (1635–1703). Portable camera obscura, or “small picture-box.” Design dates from the early 1660s.

Facsimile of original sketch for Hooke’s paper, “An instrument of use to take the draught or picture of any thing,” delivered to the Royal Society, 19 Dec. 1694. First printed in Philosophical experiments and observations of the late eminent Dr. Robert Hooke. Ed. William Derham. London: Printed by W. J. Innys, printers to the Royal Society, 1726. Pp. 292–296.

CAT. 42.  Peter Lely (1618–1680). Portrait of Charles I (1600–1649), King of England, with his second son, James, Duke of York (1633–1701). 1647.

Facsimile of original painting.

CAT. 43.  Engraving of Elizabeth I (1533–1603), Queen of England. Engraved by William Rogers, after Isaac Oliver. Early 17th-century (before 1618).

Facsimile of original portrait print (approx. 15x10"), published with the combined imprint of John Sudbury and George Humble, and sold at the Sign of the White Horse, Popes Head Alley in Cornhill.

CAT. 44.  Engraving of James I (1566–1625) and Anne of Denmark (1574–1619), King and Queen of England. Engraved by Renold Elstrack. Early 17th-century (before 1618).

Facsimile of original portrait print (approx. 10x8"), published with the combined imprint of John Sudbury and George Humble, and sold at the Sign of the White Horse, Popes Head Alley in Cornhill.

CAT. 45.  Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599–1641). Portrait of Charles I (1600–1649), King of England. 1636.

Facsimile of original painting.

CAT. 46.  Elias Ashmole (1617–1692). Regalia of the Order of the Garter. Engraved by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677). 1672.

Facsimile of engraved plate from Ashmole’s The institution, laws & ceremonies of the most noble Order of the Garter. Collected and digested into one body by Elias Ashmole of the Middle-Temple Esq; Windesor Herald at Arms. A work furnished with a variety of matter, relating to honor and noblesse. London: Printed by J. Macock, for Nathanael Brooke ..., 1672.

CAT. 47.  Peter Lely (1618–1680). Portrait of Charles II (1630–1685), King of England. Ca. 1675.

Facsimile of original painting.

CAT. 48.  Mezzotint of Charles II (1630–1685), King of England. Unknown mezzotinter, after painting by Peter Lely. Late 17th-century.

Facsimile of original portrait print (approx. 14x10"), published by Richard Tompson.

CAT. 49.  Portrait of Charles II (1630–1685), King of England. Attributed to Thomas Hawker. Ca. 1680.

Facsimile of original painting.

CAT. 50.  Chinese kanji (“Ting”) representing the verb to listen. The Chinese logogram captures the difference between simply hearing and truly listening: “By integrating representations of not only our ears but of our eyes, our heart, and the selfless act of undivided attention, the Chinese have truly captured the essence of listening.”

Facsimile of Listen artwork for January page of 2002 Peace Calendar from the Syracuse Cultural Workers. Design by Karen Kerney, SCW © 2001. Concept from Dan Wilkins of The Nth Degree.

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CAT. 51.  Georgius de Sepibus (fl. 1678). Engraved title page, depicting the main hall of Kircher’s celebrated Musæum. 1678.

Facsimile of original image in Romani Collegii Societatus Jesu Musæum celeberrimum, cuius magnum antiquariæ rei, statuarum imaginum, picturarumque partem. Ex legato Alphonsi Domini, S.P.Q.R. a secretis, munificâ liberalitate relictum. P. Athanasius Kircherus Soc. Jesu, novis & raris inventis locupletatum, compluriumque principum curiosis donariis magno rerum apparatu instruxit; innumeris insuper rebus ditatum, ad plurimorum, maxime exterorum, curiositatisque doctrinæ avidorum instantiam urgentesque preces novis compluribusque machinis, tum peregrinis ex Indiis allatis rebus publicæ luci votisque exponit Georgius de Sepibus. Amstelodami: Ex Officina Janssonio-Wæsbergiana Anno MDCLXXVIII.

CAT. 52.  Map of North America, Atlantic coast (aka the “Velasco Map”). The original (no longer extant) was drawn in 1610 for England’s James I and the Virginia Company, and a pirated copy sent to Spain’s Philip III by Don Alonso de Velasco (Ambassador from Spain to the court of London, 1610–13) in an enciphered letter dated 22 March 1611. The English surveyor by whom the original map of 1610 was made is unknown; Captains Robert Tyndall or Nathaniel Powell, and the “well-known chart- or ‘plat’-maker” John Daniell, have all been suggested. 1610.

Grayscale facsimile of the 1611 Velasco copy of the MS. map held by the Archivo General de Simancas, Valladolid, Spain. First printed in black and white (approx. 30" x 21¾") in 1890 by Alexander Brown as item CLVIII in vol. I of The Genesis of the United States. A narrative of the movement in England, 1605–1616, which resulted in the plantation of North America by englishmen, disclosing the contest between England and Spain for the possession of the soil now occupied by the United States of America; set forth through a series of historical manuscripts now first printed together with a reissue of rare contemporaneous tracts, accompanied by bibliographical memoranda, notes, and brief biographies. Collected, arranged, and edited by Alexander Brown. 1890; rpt. New York: Russell & Russell, 1964.

CAT. 53.  Portrait of James I (1566–1625), King of England from 1603. Early 17th-century.

Facsimile of Thomas Woolnoth’s engraving of the original portrait by Vansomer. Reprinted as frontispiece to Vol. I, The Genesis of the United States, by Alexander Brown. 1890; rpt. New York: Russell & Russell, 1964.

CAT. 54.  Portrait of Philip III (1578–1621), King of Spain from 1598. Early 17th-century.

Facsimile of Ogborne’s engraving of the original portrait by Boizet. Reprinted on pg. xviii of Vol. I, The Genesis of the United States, by Alexander Brown. 1890; rpt. New York: Russell & Russell, 1964.

CAT. 55.  “Velasco Map” of 1610/11, showing the North American Atlantic coast from Newfoundland to Virginia (including the south coast of Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, the territory surrounding the St. Lawrence as far as the Great Lakes, Maine, New England, New York, and New Jersey). The English surveyor by whom the original map of 1610 was made is unknown; Captains Robert Tyndall or Nathaniel Powell, and the “well-known chart- or ‘plat’-maker” John Daniell, have all been suggested. 1610/11.

Facsimile of the 1611 Velasco copy of the MS. map held by the Archivo General de Simancas, Valladolid, Spain. First modern printing in color (photo-intaglio reproduction, approx. 13" x 9½") in 1916 by Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes as the frontispiece (Plate C.22) for section I of vol. II of The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498–1909. 1916; rpt. New York: Arno Press, [1967].

CAT. 56.  Detail of section delineating Captain Henry Hudson’s discoveries as portrayed on the “Velasco Map.” 1610/11.

Grayscale facsimile of the 1611 Velasco copy of the MS. map held by the Archivo General de Simancas, Valladolid, Spain. Printed in grayscale (approx. 5½" x 7½") in 1916 by Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes as Plate C.22A in vol. II of The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498–1909. 1916; rpt. New York: Arno Press, [1967].

CAT. 57.  The Virginia Company Chart, an English MS. chart of the Atlantic coasts of America from Newfoundland to Brazil, and of Europe and Africa from Ireland to the Coast of Guinea. Produced by an unknown source, the chart shows the first English settlements on the soil of the United States, and has been described as the earliest known map to both delineate and name Cape Cod, as well as Whitsonsbay and Sagadahoc. 1606–08.

Grayscale facsimile of MS. chart in the Stokes collection, drawn in gold and colours on vellum and mounted on a roller, measuring 20 by 26 centimeters.

Reproduced for the first time (nearly full size, at approx. 12½" x 7¼") in 1916 by Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes as Plate C.21A in vol. II of The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498–1909. 1916; rpt. New York: Arno Press, [1967].

CAT. 58.  “Velasco Map” of 1610/11, showing the east coast of North America from Cape Fear to Labrador. The English surveyor by whom the original map of 1610 was made is unknown; Captains Robert Tyndall or Nathaniel Powell, and the “well-known chart- or ‘plat’-maker” John Daniell, have all been suggested. 1610/11.

Facsimile of the 1611 Velasco copy of the MS. map held by the Archivo General de Simancas (Estado Leg. 2588, fo. 22), Valladolid, Spain. Modern color reproduction (approx. 15.3" x 11"), Fig. 326, pp. 266–7 in William P. Cumming, R. A. Skelton, and D. B. Quinn, The Discovery of North America. 1971; New York: American Heritage Press, 1972.

CAT. 59.  Detail of legend (“All the blue is dune by the relations of the Indians.”) from the “Velasco Map.” 1610/11.

Facsimile of the 1611 Velasco copy of the MS. map held by the Archivo General de Simancas, Valladolid, Spain. Modern grayscale reproduction (approx. 6½" x 5¼"), Fig. 51, p. 140 in Mark Warhus, Another America: Native American Maps and the History of Our Land. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1997.

CAT. 60.  Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640). Portrait of Thomas Howard (1585/6–1646), Earl of Arundel, as the consummate cavalier (“an imperious image for an autocratic age”). Ca. 1630.

Grayscale facsimile of original art. Brush and brown and black ink, brown and gray wash heightened with white, with touches of red.

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