Object types
print (all objects)
map (all objects)
Title (object)
London
Materials
paper (all objects)
Techniques
etching (scope note | all objects)
Production person
Print made by Wenceslaus Hollar (biographical details | all objects)
Production place
Published in London (scope note | all objects)
Date
1673 (circa)
Schools /Styles
British (all objects)
Description
Plan of London before the fire; map of London extending from Westminster to Stepney and from St George's Fields in S to fields N of the city; "scale of miles" below right; sixteen coats of arms of the City companies down the margins and along the bottom. c.1673
Etching
Inscriptions
Inscription Language:
Inscription Content: Lettered with title above "LONDON". Explanatory key (a-z) and (1-45) in eight columns. Dedication in lower margin to Sir Robert Vyner by Richard Blome. Signed below towards centre of design "W. Hollar fecit".
Dimensions
Height: 175 millimetres
Width: 275 millimetres
Curator's comments
From Richard Blome's 'Britannia', London 1673.
Associated names
Illustration of Richard Blome (biographical details | all objects)
Associated with Robert Vyner (biographical details | all objects)
Associated places
Topographic representation of London (scope note | all objects)
Acquisition date
1860
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