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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1865
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
After Thomas Johnson, British (active 1634-1676)
Title
Canterbury
Other Titles
Alternate Title: North View of Canterbury
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
17th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273880

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white wove paper, darkened to tan
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 18 × 55.9 cm (7 1/16 × 22 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, top center, within a scroll: The North Prospect of / CANTERBVRY.
  • inscription: in plate, at top right, in a cartouche: To his Grace / Y most Reverend Father in God / GILBERT / by Divine providence, Lord / ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBVRY, / Primate of all England & Metro= / =politan, and one of his Majesties / most honourable privy Councell / his munificent Patron / This Sculpture, Containing the / prospect & Groudplott of Canter / bury with ther Cathedrall thereof, / is most humbly presented and dedica / by IOHN OGILBY Esq. / jis Majtes: Cosmographer
  • inscription: in plate, lower left corner: Tho: Iohnson delineavit. W. Hollar fecit.
  • watermark: 1829
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1865

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iii/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 2520, Pennington 961a

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1865
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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