JAMES BARRY RA (1741-1806) Reserved Knowledge Etching and ...

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JAMES BARRY RA (1741-1806) Reserved Knowledge Etching and engraving, Pressly 1981.29, III/III 44.5 x 48cm (plate); 83 x 62.5cm (sheet) First published by James Barry 1795; 1808 impression Inscription: In margin, across bottom: This Groupe Exhibiting the Future Enjoyment of Reserved knowledge, where an Arch Angel is explaining a Solar System to the admiring Newton, Galileo, Copernicus & Bacon is taken from the Picture of the State of Final -/- Retribution & Commerce by James Barry R.A. professor of Painting to the Royal Academy.; left: Painted. Engd. & Publd. May. I 1795 by JB.; on book in image reverse: OPUS MAJUS