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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1864,0611.438
Title: Object: London [the long view]
Description: Sheet 6 of the 'Long View of London' showing the Tower of London and the east end of the city, with St Olaf in the foreground; in the sky three putti with a parrot, jewel chest, crown and chain. 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: paper
Technique: etching
Dimensions: Height: 476 millimetres (cut irregularly at top left); Width: 401 millimetres
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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
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Colnaghi
Acquisition date: 1864
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1864,0611.438
Conservation: Treatment: 02 Sep 2011

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