Harvard Art Museums > 2010.485: Burning of the Port of Tripoli Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Burning of the Port of Tripoli (Wenceslaus Hollar) , 2010.485,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Sep 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/336654. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2010.485 People Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London) Title Burning of the Port of Tripoli Other Titles Alternate Title: Tripoli in Barbari Former Title: Tripoli Series/Book Title: A Particular Narrative of the Burning of the Port of Tripoli, Four Men of War, Belonging to Those Corsairs Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1676 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/336654 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching on cream antique laid paper Technique Etching Dimensions sheet: 24.6 x 33 cm (9 11/16 x 13 in.) Inscriptions and Marks watermark: large fleur-de-lys on a crowned shield inscription: in plate, upper left corner: TRIPOLI / IN BARBARI inscription: in plate, in appropriate locations: The Port // PART / OF THE / MEDITER= / =RANEAN / SEA // [numbers, from 1 through 14, identified in a key at the upper right] inscription: in plate, within a box with a double line border at the upper right: 1 The English Ships. / 2 Entrance into the Port, / 3.The Enemies Guard-Boat / 4 English Boats burning the / 4 Tripoli Men of Warr; / 5 The Deyes Castle, / 6 Baba Mashear Fort, / 7 Skinnens Fort, / 8 The Maribatt Fort, 9 Babahike Fort, / 10 The wart Battery, / The Sheriffs Castle, / 12 Braggots Castle, / 13 Marine Gate, / 14 Land Gate, // 15 The Sheriffs Church, / 16 Dargotte Church, / 17 Salems Church, which is / a marke to beare into the / Port, / 18 La bella Guarda, / 19 The Mandrake" Fort, 20 The place of ye Marine, 21 The Scale of ye Marine, / 22 a Merchant Man of Tunis, / 23 The Rocks enclosing / the port, / 24 The Turks, firing upon the Eng= / =lish Boats, inscription: in plate, lower edge above borderline, toward right: W. Hollar fecit, 1676. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Mrs. George Martin (Emma Regina Martin). Gifted to Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio (1949-2010). Deaccessioned and sold at auction (2010). Harvard Art Museum. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 2348, Pennington 1203 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints Accession Year 2010 Object Number 2010.485 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
