Prospect of Windsor Castle, from the North (from Elias Ashmole's "The Institution, Laws & Ceremonies of the most Noble Order of the Garter," London, 1667 or 1672)

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Sir Christopher Wren British
Author Related author Elias Ashmole British
1667
Not on view
View across the river of the castle, and the houses along the river bank beneath; in foreground on the Thames is an open boat with a mast, loaded with logs, the stern covered with an awning; to the left is a long boat rowed by two oarsmen, carrying gentlemen and their luggage.

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  • Title: Prospect of Windsor Castle, from the North (from Elias Ashmole's "The Institution, Laws & Ceremonies of the most Noble Order of the Garter," London, 1667 or 1672)
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Sir Christopher Wren (British, East Knoyle, Wiltshire 1632–1723 London)
  • Author: Related author Elias Ashmole (British, 1617–1692)
  • Date: 1667
  • Medium: Etching; second state of two
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 13 5/8 in. (18.8 × 34.6 cm)
    cut within the platemark
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.2.95
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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