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A Whale

Wenceslaus Hollar

A Whale

1663-1673

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Wenceslaus Hollar

A Whale

1663-1673

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 181 × 108 mm. (7 1/8 × 4 1/4 in.) Plate: 170 × 102 mm. (6 11/16 × 4 in.) Mount: 181 × 108 mm. (7 1/8 × 4 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.2387
Difficult to determine state; text on the back, blocked by mount

Inscribed: Recto: in image, top center, in plate "A WHALE" Verso: lower center, in pencil "S. Folio 14 x 17" (?); lower right, in pencil "2123"; lower left, Claghorn diamond/lozenge in pencil with "6329" inside; lower left corner, in pencil "2575"; bottom left, in pencil "L. 30.19.2387; lower left corner, in brown ink "86" (?)

Markings: CM: Claghorn; Reverend J. Burleigh James (L. 1425); John Tetlow (L.2868)

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar

1606–1676

Bohemian, 1607-1677
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