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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
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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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