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Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
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An English lady walking in profile to right, wearing a hood, broad collar trimmed with double row of scalloped lace, her left hand in a muff, lifting her skirt with her right hand, revealing an underskirt. First state, before English title.
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Title: English Lady (Mulier Generosa Anglica)
Series/Portfolio: Theatrum Mulierum: Title and forty plates (New Hollstein 487-527)
Artist:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Date: 1642
Medium: Etching; first state of four
Dimensions: Sheet: 3 9/16 × 2 3/8 in. (9 × 6 cm) cut within platemark c. 5 x 3 mm
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.3.69
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