About this sheet
Antique print, titled: 'Absis Oratory S. Nicolai In Urbe ab Anastasio (…)' - This plate shows Roman Bishops; Silvester, Anastasius, St. Nicholas, Paschal, Gregorius etc.
Rhetoric Oratory is the art of using language, such as public speaking, for persuasive writing and speech. ... Oratory is the ability to convey a successful speech, and it is a means of performing rhetoric. The three branches of rhetoric include deliberative, judicial, and epideictic.
Source unknown, to be determined.
Technic: Engraving / etching. on A verge type of hand-laid paper paper.
Condition: Very good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Date: 1742
Overall size: 9.1 x 14 inch
Image size: 6.9 x 10.1 inch
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