An Eagle with Outstretched Wings

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Francis Barlow British
1654
Not on view
A large eagle with head turned to the left and outstretched wings fills most of the image.
Seven other smaller birds are arrayed around him.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: An Eagle with Outstretched Wings
  • Series/Portfolio: Birds after Francis Barlow: Title and five plates (New Hollstein 1334-1339)
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Francis Barlow (British, Lincolnshire ca. 1626–1704 London)
  • Date: 1654
  • Medium: Etching; intermediate second / third state of six, before Stent's initials are erased
    and with John Overton's address
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 7 5/16 in. (13.4 × 18.5 cm)
    cut outside the image but within the platemark
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.3.335
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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