Valentine Greatrakes. Line engraving by W. Faithorne, 1666.

period print · 1666

type:period print

year:1666

citation:Faithorne, William. The True and Lively Pourtraicture of Valentine Greatrakes Esqr., of Affane in ye County of Waterford, in ye Kingdome of Ireland, Famous for Curing Several Deseases and Distempers by the Stroak of His Hand Only. Line engraving. [London]: Sold by Wm. Faithorne, [1666]. Wellcome Collection, work id chq3y2q3.

LINK

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SUMMARY

Contemporary portrait engraving of Valentine Greatrakes stroking the head and face of a seated boy, with a background vignette showing figures including a man on crutches, sold under Faithorne's own imprint the same year as Greatrakes's English tour. Metadata (title, production label, lettering transcription, Public Domain Mark license) fetched directly from the Wellcome Collection catalogue API (IIIF image V0002383). Used as the case's lead/actor image.

NOTES

Rights confirmed directly from the Wellcome Collection API item record: license id “pdm” (Public Domain Mark), full digital image available via IIIF (https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0002383/full/full/0/default.jpg). Downloaded and resized to a 1600px long side for this case; original was 2406x3480px. The engraving’s lettering panel, transcribed by Wellcome, is the source of the identification of the practitioner and the healing act; no identification beyond what the archive record itself states is asserted.