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Wenceslaus Hollar
Titlepage 1644
etching
14.1 × 10.4 cm (image) 15.0 × 10.9 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
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Titlepage
1644
for The Revelation of St John Illustrated by Thomas Brightman, published by Samuel Cartwright, London, 1644
Medium
etching
Measurements
14.1 × 10.4 cm (image) 15.0 × 10.9 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 639; Pennington 2685
Edition
only state
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: W.Hollar fecit 1644.
printed in ink (in image) c.: THE REVELATION / of S:t (t in superscript above : ) Iohn Illustrated / with an Analyſis & Scho= / =lions / Wherein the ſen= / se is opened by the Scri= / =pture & the euent of things / fore-told ſhewed by Hi= / =ſtories / The fourth Edition, / Corrected & Amended, / with Supply of many things / formerly left out. / By Thomas Brightman. / Imprinted at London for Samuel / Cartwright & Are to be ſould at ye (e in superscript) / hand & Bible in Duck=lane, 1644.
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-c.r.: (citations from Book of Revelation)
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: And I ſaw the Beaſt, and the kings of the Earth, and their Armies gathered / together, to make warr againſt him that ſate on the horſe, and againſt his army. Rev:19:19
Accession Number
1278.1350-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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