Harvard Art Museums > M13462: The Entertainment of Charles II Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Entertainment of Charles II (Wenceslaus Hollar) , M13462,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 29, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/255979. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M13462 People Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London) Title The Entertainment of Charles II Other Titles Title: Coronation Procession of Charles II through London Alternate Title: The Duke of York's Horse Guard Consisting of Four Such Squadrons and Each Squadron Containing Fifty Men, Messengers of the Chambers Forty in Number, Esquires to the Knights of the Bath in Number a Hundred and Forty, Knight Harbinger, Sargent Porter, . . . Clerks of the Crown Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1661 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/255979 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened and soiled Technique Etching Dimensions plate: 37.7 × 49.1 cm (14 13/16 × 19 5/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks collector's mark: verso, black stamp: E De T. Bechtel [within a rectangular borderline; Edwin de T. Bechtel (Lugt 4707)] inscription: in plate, in four bands, numbered at the top left and lower right corners of each band within the internal borderlines: THE CAVALCADE or HIS MAIESTİES PASSİNG THROVGH THE CITY OF LONDON TOWARD HIS CORONATION / 1 / The Duke of York's Horse Guard, Consisting of / 1 // 2 Munday the 22 of April Ao. M. DC. LXI. / foure such Squadrons, & each Squadron containing fiftie men, Messengers of the Chambers, fourty in number, / 2 // 3 / Esquires to the Knights of the Bath, in number a hundred and fourty, / 3 // 4 / Knight Harbinger / Sergeant Porter Sewers of the Chamber & Gentlement Ushers, Quarter Waiters Clerks of the Chancery, C. of the Signet, . C: of the Privy Seal, : C: of the Council, C: of the Parliament: C: of the Crown, / 4 collector's mark: verso, brown s tamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13,462 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Edwin De Turck Bechtel (Lugt 4707), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957 State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 1789, Pennington 570 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin deT. Bechtel Accession Year 1957 Object Number M13462 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under L. 4707 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
