Portrait of Samuel Garth, Portrait of the English doctor and poet Samuel Garth. Below the portrait an image in which Garth is at work, surrounded by the snake-wrapped staff of Asclepius as a symbol for medicine and a winch as a symbol for poetry, Aesculapian sign, lyre, cithara, psaltery, symbolic representations, allegories and emblems, lyric poetry, 'Puma lirico' (Ripa), Samuel Garth, Jacob Houbraken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1748, paper, pen, h 356 mm × w 223 mm
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Portrait, Samuel Garth, English doctor, poet Samuel Garth, portrait, image, Garth, work, surrounded, snake-wrapped staff, Asclepius, symbol, medicine, winch, poetry, Aesculapian sign, lyre, cithara, psaltery, symbolic representations, allegories, emblems, lyric poetry, Puma lirico, Ripa, Jacob Houbraken, mentioned, object, Amsterdam, 1748, paper, pen
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