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• Harlequinades [Browse]

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A manuscript of the religious harlequinade “The beginning, progress, and end of man” in four folded leaves, with the subjects Adam, the lion, the boy, and the man. Oriented vertically rather than horizontally as is more common for this moveable format. Bound in before the harlequinade is a folded leaf illustrated with a ruler, compass, pen knife, and pen arranged across a strip of wood signed “M B” (i.e. Martin Bell), with 4-line text “All you my Friends who now expect…” excerpted from a copy in William Markham’s Introduction and Spelling and Reading English (1735). Bound in at end of the harlequinade is a folded illustrated leaf signed “Drawn & painted by Martin Bell January 10th 1836.” The illustrations for the harlequinade are fairly rudimentary, but the hand in the text seems to be Bell’s. Bound vertically in a folder of thick light brown paper with a loop and button closure. Identical to the binding of Salathiel Court’s manuscript harlequinade (the two were purchased together).

Other title(s)

The beginning, progress and end of man.

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