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Object Type
Museum number: 1864,0611.435
Title: Object: London [the long view]
Description: Sheet 3 of the 'Long View of London' showing the area with old St Paul's in the centre and Winchester House in the foreground; River Thames in between; in the sky a figure of Mercury. 1647 Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Wenceslaus Hollar; Published by: Cornelis Danckerts I
School/style: British; Bohemian
Production date: 1647
Production place: Published in: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 466 millimetres; Width: 390 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For comment see 1864,0813.331
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700 (954.I) (Hollar); Pennington 1982 / A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar (1014)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 2012 London, BM, Shakespeare
Subjects: bird's eye view/long view; classical deity
Associated names
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1864
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1864,0611.435
Conservation

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