XJF437941 Frontispiece to \'Steps to the Temple\' by Richard Crashaw, engraved by J. Cross, 1648 (engraving) by English School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Richard Crashaw (c.1613-1649) was an English Metaphysical poet; \'Steps to the Temple\' is a collection of religious and secular poems by Crashaw that were collected by an anonymous friend and published while he was living in religious exile in France; The 1648 edition of \'Steps to the Temple\' was an expanded version of the first edition that was published in 1646; son of a strongly anti-Catholic divine, Dr William Crashaw; During the English Civil War Richard was ejected from his college position and went into exile in Italy. While in exile he converted from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism. ); English, out of copyright.