[Cromwell Mortimer] [graphic]Rigaud, Jacques, 1681-1754, printmaker[1745?]engA man sits at a table in his library leaning his head on his hand as he contemplates the sheets of paper before him. An owl sits on the table with a ink well suspended from his mouth and a quill resting in the well. A demon behind the reader holds in his left hand a staff with a jester's head (personification of folly?) and in his right a very large feather. On the scholar's feet a strewn books with words on their spines: Borrow; Boyle; Newton; Radclife; Friend; Mead, etc. Temporary local subject terms: The pictures on the wall are portraits labelled 'Cromwell' and 'Mortimer' but depict Olver Cromwell and Mortimer, Earl of MarchTitle and publication date from British Museum catalogue.Two lines of verse above image: Here folly, ignorance and pride combine, to prove him of the true Duncean line.Six lines of quotation below image: Studious he sate, with all his books around, sinking from thought to thought a vast profound ...Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 8.Mounted to 32 x 39 cm.