Satire on the Civil War with a double-headed snake and Egyptian pyramids
An emblem of the English Civil War with a double-headed snake crawling before the Egyptian pyramids with the head of the Sphinx at the left.
Artwork Details
- Title: Satire on the Civil War with a double-headed snake and Egyptian pyramids
- Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Artist: After Francis Delaram (British, 1589/90–1627 London)
- Date: 1643
- Medium: Etching; only state
- Dimensions: Sheet: 2 5/8 × 3 7/8 in. (6.6 × 9.9 cm)
cut outside the borderlines but within the platemark - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.81.1.34
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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