A man directs the attention of a boy to a Latin inscription on a plinth stating that learning increases natural capability; representing education. Etching by D. Lizars, 1784.

Edinburgh (Parliament Square) : C. Elliot, 1784.

1 print : etching ; image 14.2 x 8.7 cm

D. Lizars sculpt. Edinr. The inscription is: Doctrina vim promovet insitam: Horace, Odes IV.4.33 ("doctrina sed vim promovet insitam / rectique cultus pectora roborant"). It was chosen as the motto of the university of Madras

Wellcome Collection 28967i