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Wenzel Hollar

Print
ca. 1828 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait print of Wenzel Hollar. The artist is sitting at a desk covered with etching tools, in front of a window with a view of Prague Castle, and is holding a drawing or etching of a woman.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWenzel Hollar (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
engraving (in volume)
Brief description
Portrait of Wenzel Hollar, engraving, W. Skelton, Great Britain, 1828
Physical description
Portrait print of Wenzel Hollar. The artist is sitting at a desk covered with etching tools, in front of a window with a view of Prague Castle, and is holding a drawing or etching of a woman.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.5in
  • Width: 8.75in
Size of volume. Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Production
Proof before letters of a plate published in 'Anecdotes of Painting in England...' by Horace Walpole.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
  • Anecdotes of Painting in England
Collection
Accession number
E.2126-1929

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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