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Unus Americanus ex Virginia

Wenceslaus Hollar

Unus Americanus ex Virginia

1644

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Wenceslaus Hollar

Unus Americanus ex Virginia

1644

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet (Trimmed to platemark): 101 × 77 mm. (4 × 3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.2381

Inscribed: Recto: in image, top left corner, in plate "Unus Americanus ex / Virginia Ætat: 23"; in image, top right corner, in plate "W. Hollar ad vivum / delin: et fecit 1645*" Verso: center, in pencil "P 79 / Hollar #181"; bottom left, Claghorn diamond/lozenge in pencil with "6309" inside; bottom right corner, in pencil "3/[indecipherable]"

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar

1606–1676

Bohemian, 1607-1677
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