The Prospect of Chester the South and West Side, and The Ground Plan of Chester (from Daniel King's "The Vale-Royall of England" and "A Short Treatise of the Isle of Man")
Prospect of Chester at top, ground plan below, small map of Cheshire at lower left corner; at lower right, obverse and reverse of Roman coins, and Roman altar.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Prospect of Chester the South and West Side, and The Ground Plan of Chester (from Daniel King's "The Vale-Royall of England" and "A Short Treatise of the Isle of Man")
- Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Author: Related author Daniel King (British, Chester ca. 1616–1661)
- Publisher: John Overton (British, London 1640–1713 London)
- Date: 1656
- Medium: Etching; first state of three ? (NH)
- Dimensions: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 11 1/4 in. (25 × 28.5 cm)
cut on and outside the borderlines and within the platemark - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.81.2.22
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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