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Wenceslaus Hollar
Equestrian statue of Charles I (1636-1644); printed (after 1707)
etching; laid down
39.0 × 30.6 cm (image and sheet, trimmed within platemark)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
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Equestrian statue of Charles I
(1636-1644); printed (after 1707)
Medium
etching; laid down
Measurements
39.0 × 30.6 cm (image and sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 686 vi/vii; Pennington 1435
Edition
6th of 7 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: The Exact / Portraiture of Charles / the First of Blessed Memory / King of Greate Brittaine / France and Ireland / Defender of the Faith / &ca (all in a circle; the flourish of the initial T forming the circle)
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: W. Hollar / THE STATUE OF CHARLES THE IST AT CHARING CROSS. / This Statue is fine brass, bigger than the life , was made for the Earle of Arundell, by that Famous Statuary Laseur, and to prevent demolishing, was Pur- / chased and Concealed by one Mr John Revett a Brazier in Holbourn; who upon Restoration of King Charles the 2d. (. under d) presented it to his / Majesty, who caused it to be erected upon an Ovall Pedestall of Free Stone where it now stands. Stow's Hist. Printed & Sold by H. Overton / without Newgate.
Accession Number
1278.1291-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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