View of Greenwich
Long view of Greenwich with the future Royal Observatory on the left, the Queen's House in the centre and a view of the City of London in the distance. Created the year that Hollar arrived in England with Thomas Duke of Norfolk, and later issued by Peter Stent, the print-seller. He received thirty shillings for the plate.
Artwork Details
- Title: View of Greenwich
- Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Publisher: Peter Stent (British, active ca. 1615/17–1665)
- Date: 1637
- Medium: Etching, printed from two plates on two joined sheets; Fifth state of five (NH)
- Dimensions: Plate: 6 × 32 7/8 in. (15.2 × 83.5 cm)
cut on the platemark. - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.81.2.3a
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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