Painter where was't thy former work did cease
- DMI number:
- 3575
- First Line:
- Painter where was't thy former work did cease
- Last Line:
- Mars ad opus Veneris Martis ad arma Venus
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Topical satire, Satire, Advice to a Painter poems, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Commerce, Politics, War, and Mythology
- Author:
- Sir John Denham
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- George deF. Lord describes attribution to Denham as 'a blind' to disguise true authorship in POAS I (1963): 140. Banks (1928): 327-331: considers Denham's authorship impossible.
- Title:
- A new collection of poems relating to state affairs [N5917]
- Page No(s):
- pp.46-50
- Poem Title:
- Directions to a Painter.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- Title:
- A third collection of ... poems, satyrs, songs, &c. against popery and tyranny [ESTC R26292]
- Page No(s):
- pp.18-20
- Poem Title:
- Directions To A Painter.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol I] [T108847]
- Page No(s):
- pp.50-54
- Poem Title:
- Directions to a Painter.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [N12193 part 1]
- Page No(s):
- pp.50-54
- Poem Title:
- Directions to a Painter.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [T144919]
- Page No(s):
- pp.50-54
- Poem Title:
- Directions to a Painter.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [T144920 part 1]
- Page No(s):
- pp.50-54
- Poem Title:
- Directions to a Painter.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of State: from the time of Oliver Cromwell to the abdication of K. James the second. [ESTC R26563]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 50-4
- Poem Title:
- Directions to a Painter
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state: from the time of Oliver Cromwell to the abdication of K. James the second. [ESTC R26892]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 53-7
- Poem Title:
- Directions to a Painter.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
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