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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13447
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
Title
Westminster from the River
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: London Views
Alternate Title: Westminster. Parliament. The Hall and Abbey
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1647
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255413

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on cream paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 14.9 × 28.7 cm (5 7/8 × 11 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, in sky area to left of center: Ciuitatis Westmonasteriensis pars.
  • inscription: in plate, in image area, lower right corner: WH[linked]ollar fecit, 1647
  • inscription: in plate, in sky area above structures: Parlament House / the Hall / the Abby
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right corner: 5
  • collector's mark: verso of secondary support, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13,447

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iii/iiii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 950, Pennington 1037

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin deT. Bechtel
Accession Year
1957
Object Number
M13447
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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