A View of Windsor Castle from the South Flanked by Two Knights of the Garter (from John Overton's "Atlas")
View of the South side of Windsor Castle at center; with scroll for title and two coats of arms in the sky; figures of two Knights of the Garter on either side of the view.
Artwork Details
- Title: A View of Windsor Castle from the South Flanked by Two Knights of the Garter (from John Overton's "Atlas")
- Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Author: Related author John Overton (British, London 1640–1713 London)
- Date: 1666
- Medium: Etching; Upper portion of a plate which original had a Map of Berkshire below
the surviving view of Windsor Castle. - Dimensions: Sheet: 4 7/16 × 19 5/8 in. (11.3 × 49.8 cm)
The view has been cut from a plate which had a Map of Berkshire below. - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.81.2.98
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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