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Prospects of London before and after the Great Fire: P.38-1973

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Prospects of London before and after the Great Fire

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Turner, S. R.

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: AD 1665

Note

State with 'Cum privilegio' etc, erased.

School or Style

Bohemian

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: This print was shown to Her Majesty and / the Queen of the Belgians at / Buckingham Palace on March 20th 1844 / accompanying the model of the subject for the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens / William Tyler [signed]. Sheet also signed by Geo Danson [left] and 'John Whiting / Buckingham Palace
  • Location: Margin lower centre
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.38-1973
Primary reference Number: 203140
New Hollstein (German): 1917 V/V
Pennington: 1015
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Saturday 28 January 2023 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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Prospects of London before and after the Great Fire" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/203140 Accessed: 2024-12-22 16:11:18

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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/203140 |title=Prospects of London before and after the Great Fire |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 16:11:18|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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