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Object Type
print
Museum number
1860,0623.8
Title
Object:
Piazza in Coventgarden
Series:
London views
Description
View across the market in Covent Garden towards St Paul's Church. c.1647 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Wenceslaus Hollar
School/style
British
Bohemian
Production date
1647
(circa)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
147 millimetres
Width:
255 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For comment see 1880,1113.1285
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700
(948.II)
(Hollar)
Crace 1878 / A Catalogue of Maps, Plans and Views of London, Westminster and Southwark, collected and arranged by Frederick Crace
(XVIII.51)
Pennington 1982 / A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar
(909.II)
Hind 1922 / Wenceslaus Hollar and his views of London and Windsor in the seventeenth century
(79)
Adams 1983 / London Illustrated 1604-1850: a survey and index of topographical books and their plates
(5.2)
Location
Not on display
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Covent Garden
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Willis & Sotheran
Acquisition date
1860
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1860,0623.8