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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")

Author Related author Daniel King British
Publisher John Overton British
1656
Not on view
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

Object Information
  • 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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