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A Man-of-War: 23.I.8-80

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A Man-of-War

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sillemans, Experiens
Publisher: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Note

Apparently a copy after an engraving published by Henricus Hondius in Paris, same direction, but with an English flag rather than a French one, see David Freedberg, Aviva Burnstock & Alan Phenix, 'Paintings or Prints? Experiens Sillemans and the Origins of the "Grisaille" Sea-Piece: Notes on a Rediscovered Technique', Print Quarterly, 1984, 139-148. This is a later state than the impression at Boston (accesssion no. 67.17), with the addition of a publisher's initials, 'R P'

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: 23.I.8-80
Primary reference Number: 196107
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): undescribed
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Friday 12 April 2013 Updated: Tuesday 3 September 2019 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

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