Canon of St Sepulchre
Full length, half turned to left but looking right; he has a long beard and moustache. He wears a biretta and a dark cloak with a 'patriarchal' cross in white on the left shoulder. His right hand holds a book.
Artwork Details
- Title: Canon of St Sepulchre
- Series/Portfolio: Dugdale's 'The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated' (London: 1656, p.156), the second state also used in the 1730 edition, in Dugdale's 'Monasticon Anglicanum' II in 1661, and in Daniel King's 'The Cathedrall and Conventuall Churches of England and Wales' in 1672.
- Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Author: Related author Sir William Dugdale (British, 1605–1686)
- Date: 1656–1730
- Medium: Etching; third state of three
- Dimensions: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 5 11/16 in. (24.5 × 14.5 cm)
cut within the platemark - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.81.3.176
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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