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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1854,0812.400
Title: Object: Ecclesiæ Cathedralis S.ti Pauli ab occidente prospectus; Series: Dugdale's 'St Paul's', 1658
Description: View of west front of St Paul's Cathedral, with statues of Charles I and James I above the classical portico designed by Inigo Jones and the old Chapter House on the right; second state. Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Wenceslaus Hollar; Published by: Sir William Dugdale
School/style: British; Bohemian
Production date: 1658 (circa)
Materials: paper
Technique: etching
Dimensions: Height: 229 millimetres; Width: 270 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Also used in and the 'Monasticon', III, 1673. See R. Godfrey, 'Wenceslaus Hollar: A Bohemian Artist in England', New Haven and London, 1994, no. 106.
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700 (1698.II) (Hollar); Pennington 1982 / A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar (1020.II); Hind 1922 / Wenceslaus Hollar and his views of London and Windsor in the seventeenth century (39)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: church
Associated names: Associated with: John Robinson
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London
Acquisition name: Purchased from: George Willis
Acquisition date: 1854
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1854,0812.400

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