Templar Knight (from Dugdale's "The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated," London: 1656, 1730 or 1765; or Dugdale's "Monasticon Anglicanum," 1661)
A Templar knight standing to left, looking to front, holding a staff in his right hand, with cross in an octagonal frame at the top.
Artwork Details
- Title: Templar Knight (from Dugdale's "The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated," London: 1656, 1730 or 1765; or Dugdale's "Monasticon Anglicanum," 1661)
- Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Author: Related author Sir William Dugdale (British, 1605–1686)
- Date: 1656 [possible reissue through 1765]
- Medium: Etching; second state of two
- Dimensions: Sheet: 9 3/16 × 5 9/16 in. (23.3 × 14.2 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.81.3.168
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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