The head is Sanderson's, Fathern's the hand.
Tho. Flatman,
Inn. Temp. Lond.
On the Picture, &c.] This and the following poem are taken from William Sanderson's Graphice. Or, The Use of the Pen and Pensil, Or, the most Excellent Art of Painting. 1658. With portrait by Souse, engraved by Faithorne.
On the noble Art of Painting.
Strike a bold stroke, my Muse, and let me see
Thou fear'st no colours in thy poetry,
For pictures are dumb poems; they that write
Best poems do but paint in black and white.