Part of Tangier from above, without the Water-gate

Wenceslaus Hollarca. 1669-1670

Details

Title: Part of Tangier from above, without the Water-gate
Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Date Created: ca. 1669-1670
Subject Keywords: cityscapes, Middle East
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate below margin, lower right: “W. Hollar delineavit et sculpsit 1670”
Print State: Second (or third?) of three states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), before 1953
Materials & Techniques: Etching on laid paper. Watermark: No watermark
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Removed from Vertue’s “Description of the works of the Ingenious Delineator and Engraver Wenceslaus Hollar, disposed into Classes of Different Sorts, and with some account of his Life” (London, 1759), 2nd edition; Cutter WQ53/H73/YV
Dimensions: 1677
Bibliography: Parthey 1189 ii/iii; Pennington 1189 ii/iii
Associated People: Created by Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607-1677)
Accession Number: 1983.7.2

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