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drawing
Object Type
drawing
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
Drawn by:
Wenceslaus Hollar
School/style
British
Bohemian
Production date
1669
(circa)
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
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
bird's eye view/long view
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Straits of Gibraltar
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Walter Benjamin Tiffin
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
William Esdaile
Acquisition date
1854
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1854,0812.23
Conservation
Treatment
: 03/07/19
Mount