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Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Franz Cleyn German
Related author John Ogilby British
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A white open capital 'P' against a landscape with a shepherd and a dog.
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Title: Initial Letter "P" (from John Ogilby's "The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro," London: 1654)
Series/Portfolio: John Ogilby, The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro
Etcher:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist:
After Franz Cleyn (German, Rostock 1582–1658 London)
Author:
Related author John Ogilby (British, Forfarshire 1600–1676 London)
Date: 1654
Medium: Etching; only state
Dimensions:
Sheet: 1 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. (4.2 × 3.8 cm)
cut outside the double borderlines and jsut within the platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.3.367
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