album; print

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Object Type: album; print
Museum number: 1866,0512.2318-2329
Description: Set of 12 prints by Hollar, each plate showing a whole-length figure with title below: "Mulier Argentinensis" "Viergo Argentinensis" "Matrisana M" "Mulier Diepana" "Rustica Bohemica" "Matrona Bernensis" "Virgo Tiguriensis" "Nobilis Mulier Gallica" "Mulier Hibernica" "Nobilis Mulier Brabantica" "Mulier Generosa Anglica" "Nobilis Mulier Aulica Anglicana" Engraving and etching
Producer name: Print made by: Wenceslaus Hollar
School/style: British; Bohemian
Production date: 1643-9
Materials: paper
Technique: engraving; etching
Dimensions: Height: 330 millimetres (album sheet); Width: 260 millimetres
Curator's comments: See Comment of 1868,0612.260 and 1896,1230.9 for information about the series. See 1866,0512.2109-2110 for comment on the album. Cataloguing supported by the Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700 (615, 593, 620, 577, 620, 600, 511, 609, 596, 591, 517) (Hollar); Pennington 1982 / A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar (1852, 1880, 1875, 1807, 1858, 1865, 1867, 1900, 1830, 1889, 1882)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Bequeathed by: Frederick William Fairholt
Acquisition date: 1866
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1866,0512.2318-2329

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