Tootehill fields (Tothill Fields, London)

1643–44
Not on view
View across fields looking towards Westminster Abbey, at mid-distance a summer house enclosed by bushes, Westminster Hall and part of the parliament buildings on the right, and farther to right the church of "St Paul in London."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Tootehill fields (Tothill Fields, London)
  • Series/Portfolio: Amoenissimi aliquot locorum... Prospectus, London, 1643-44: Twelve numbered plates (New Hollstein 442-453)
  • Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Date: 1643–44
  • Medium: Etching; first state of two
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 3 11/16 × 6 3/4 in. (9.4 × 17.1 cm)
    trmiied on platemark
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918
  • Object Number: 18.90.6
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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