Geffrey Whitney, A choice of emblemes (Leiden, 1586)

Emblem 138

A man pulling up a piece of cloth from a dye-kettle

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_mig1591_emblem117

Iconclass

• 22C40
• 22C4(BLACK):42E411 colours, pigments, and paints: black❧mourning dress
• 22C4(BLACK):56BB1(+4) colours, pigments, and paints: black❧Pain, Sorrow, Sadness; 'Dolore', 'Dolore di Zeusi' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 22C4(BLUE):13E7 colours, pigments, and paints: blue❧diviner, soothsayer
• 22C4(BLUE):46C2711 colours, pigments, and paints: blue❧seaman
• 22C4(GOLDEN YELLOW):33C2 colours, pigments, and paints (GOLDEN YELLOW)❧lovers; courting, flirting
• 22C4(GOLDEN YELLOW):33C52 colours, pigments, and paints (GOLDEN YELLOW)❧whore, prostitute
• 22C4(GREY):46A15 colours, pigments, and paints (GREY)❧the poor
• 22C4(YELLOW):55CC11(+4) colours, pigments, and paints: yellow❧Greed, Covetousness, Cupidity; 'Cupidità' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 22C4(GREEN):56D1(+4) colours, pigments, and paints: green❧Hope; 'Speranza', 'Speranza delle fatiche' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 22C4(RED):45D312(CAPTAIN) colours, pigments, and paints: red❧officer (CAPTAIN)
• 22C4(RED):57A4(+4) colours, pigments, and paints: red❧Shame (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 22C4(RUSSET):31A415 colours, pigments, and paints (RUSSET)❧crippled
• 22C4(YELLOW):57AA76(+4) colours, pigments, and paints: yellow❧Jealousy; 'Gelosia', 'Rammarico del ben'altrui' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 22C4(VIOLET):56F12(+4) colours, pigments, and paints (VIOLET)❧Contento ~ Malcontento: the pursuit of Happiness (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 22C4(WHITE):11P3121 colours, pigments, and paints: white❧priest (Roman Catholic)
• 31AA2512(+933) arm stretched forward - AA - both arms or hands (+ holding something)
• 31A2621 one leg in front of the other
• 41D211(+81) dress, gown (+ men's clothes)
• 41D233(+81) gear for legs and feet (+ men's clothes)
• 41D421(+0) hanging the wash to dry (+ variant)
• 47A212 fire, oven, furnace ~ interior of industrial structure
• 47C121 preparing of material by heating, boiling or steaming
• 47D8(DYE-KETTLE) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries (DYE-KETTLE)
• 47D8(STAFF) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries (STAFF)
• 47H51(+2) dyeing of cloth (+ labourers ~ crafts, industries, agriculture)
• 61B2(PASTON, Edward)3 historical person (PASTON, Edward) - other representations to which the NAME of a historical person may be attached (PASTON, Edward)
• 86(IN COLORES) proverbs, sayings, etc. (IN COLORES)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem138
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem138
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667