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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13445
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
Title
London Viewed from the Thames River at Milford Stairs below Arundel House
Other Titles
Alternate Title: London
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
17th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255443

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 9.6 × 17.4 cm (3 3/4 × 6 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: E De T Bechtel [within rectangular borderline (Lugt 4707)]
  • inscription: in plate, in sky area: London
  • watermark: crowned armorial with Pascal Lamb
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13,445
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: Py 911 / P. 911 / before the no / c. 24643 [there is also a very faint inscription, perhaps erased, in large script across the center of the sheet]
  • inscription: in plate, in water area at lower right: 10

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edwin De Turck Bechtel (Lugt 4707), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 450, Pennington 911

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin deT. Bechtel
Accession Year
1957
Object Number
M13445
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under L. 4707

Verification Level

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