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Wenceslaus Hollar

( Bohemian, 1606 - 1677 )

Prospects Of London Before And After The Great Fire

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Materials:

etching, on two joined sheets of laid paper

Size Notes:

Plate 225 x 680 mm., Sheet 245 x 698 mm. (overall)

Condition:

etching, 1666, on two joined sheets of laid paper, watermark Arms of Amsterdam (Laurentius 177, dated 1665), a fine, early impression of this rare print, second state (of five), with small margins, a repaired tear at upper left, otherwise in good condition, framed

Literature:

Pennington 1015; Hind 19; New Hollstein 1917 Richard T. Godfrey, Wenceslaus Hollar - A Bohemian Artist in England, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1994-95, (exh. cat.), no. 105 (another impression illustrated).

Provenance:

With David Bannister, Cheltenham. Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1982.

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