Wenceslaus Hollar
John Tradescant the Elder
c. 1637
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 133 × 85 mm. (5 1/4 × 3 3/8 in.)
Mount: 133 × 85 mm. (5 1/4 × 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.2345
Inscribed: Recto: below image, across bottom, in plate: "Iohannes Tradescantus Pater, rerum selectarum / insignem supellectilem in Reconditorio Lambethiano / prope Londinum, etiamnum visendam primus / instituit ac locupletavit."; below image, bottom right, in plate, "W Hollar Sculp."; below image, bottom left, in pencil "GV232[indecipherable]"
Markings: CM: Claghorn
