Native American Indian | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G1930
People: Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
Title: Native American Indian
Other Titles: Alternate Title: American Indian from Virginia
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1645
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/273853

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 10.2 × 7.7 cm (4 × 3 1/16 in.)
sheet: 11.1 × 8.4 cm (4 3/8 × 3 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: in plate, upper left: Vnus Americanus ex / Virginia, Ætat. 23.
inscription: in plate, upper right: W: Hollar ad viuum / delin: et fecit 1645*
collector's mark: verso of secondary support, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1930
inscription: verso of secondary support, various graphite inscriptions: 8o[?] / C R [?] / i/60[?] / P2009

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: ii/ii
Standard Reference Number: New Hollstein 816, Pennington 2009

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number: G1930
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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