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Object Type
Museum number: 1854,0812.23
Description: The straits of Gibraltar from Tangier; prospect of the Spanish coast seen from across the Straits, looking N from Tangier opposite which is Tarifa (Teriffa), on the extreme r, Gibraltar and the coast of Malaga, with three ships in the Straits. c.1669 Pen and brown ink, with watercolour; on two conjoined sheets of paper
Producer name
School/style: British; Bohemian
Production date: 1669 (circa)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 98 millimetres; Width: 629 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: ECM and mount wrongly give reg.no as 1854-8-13-23.
Bibliographic references: Croft-Murray 1960 / Catalogue of British Drawings in the British Museum, XVI and XVII centuries (39); Binyon 1898-1907 / Catalogue of drawings by British artists, and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain (31(a))
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 2019-2020 22 Nov-23 Feb, Prague, Narodni Galerie, Wenceslaus Hollar
Subjects
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Straits of Gibraltar
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1854
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1854,0812.23
Conservation: Treatment: 03/07/19; Mount

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