Isaac Watts

Date1727

Engraver George White ca. 1684-1732

Retailed by R. Hett

Retailed by J. Oswald

OriginEngland, London

MediumMezzotint with line engraving

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1979-337

DescriptionText (left to right) along top of print: "To LIVE is/ CHRIST" "To DYE is/ GAIN."
Title reads: "ISAAC WATTS D.D."
Lower margin reads: "In CHRISTO mea Vita latet: mea Gloria CHRISTUS./ Hunc Lingua, Hunch Calmus celebrat, nec Imago tacebit./ IN UNO JESU OMNIA./ Sold by R. Hett & I. Oswald both in the Poultry./ G. White ad vivum fec. 1727."
Label TextIsaac Watts (1674-1748) was an English Congregational minister who was famous for writing over 750 hymns.

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