drawing
- Museum number
- 1932,1103.4
- Description
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Tangier from the Sea; view looking S over the water towards the city and fortifications, including York Castle, the Upper Castle and Governor's House, and Peterborough Tower, on the left, the mole jutting out into the sea, and on the extreme r, the settlement of Whitby with Charles Fort on the hill above it. c.1669
Pen and grey ink, with grey wash and watercolour; on three conjoined pieces of paper
- Production date
- 1669 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 164 millimetres
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Width: 862 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Study for SL.5214.18. The old attribution to Beckman is explained by the fact that Beckman was in Tangier seven years before Hollar, and during his stay made plans of the town and its surroundings for which he drew up a scheme of fortification. Two of these plans on vellum are in the British Library (Maps K.Top.117.77. and 78.).
Lit.: S. Turner, 'Wenceslaus Hollar and Tangier in 1669', in A. Bubenik and A. Thackray eds, 'Perspectives on Wenceslaus Hollar', London, 2016, pp. 182-3, fig. 13
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1983, BM, 'Wencelaus Hollar', no. 116
1983 Jun-Aug, Prague, National Gallery, 'Wenceslaus Hollar', no. 38
- Acquisition date
- 1887
- Acquisition notes
- For full provenance, see entry for 1932,1103.1; Transferred from War Office to BM Dept of MSS, 1887. Transferred to Dept of Prints & Drawings, Nov 1932.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1932,1103.4
