Tomb with a shrouded figure

Author Related author John Hales British
1659
Not on view
Shrouded male figure lying on a tomb with head to right, blank cartouche below, scroll above lettered with 'Resurgam', in a partly wooded landscape, with two cypress trees behind the tomb; illustration to John Hales, 'Golden Remains' (London, Timothy Garthwait, 1659

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Object Information
  • Title: Tomb with a shrouded figure
  • Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Author: Related author John Hales (British, 1584–1656)
  • Date: 1659
  • Medium: Etching; first state of two
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 5 9/16 in. (18.7 × 14.2 cm)
    cut outside the borderlines but within the platemark
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.3.366
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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