Title page: Dutch Ships

1647
Not on view
Two men standing seen from behind looking at title for series of Dutch ships inscribed on stern of warship in dock in the centre; elderly man seated on barrels of canons smoking pipe on the left sailors, ships, crates, anchors, casks and wharves on left and right.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Title page: Dutch Ships
  • Series/Portfolio: Navium Variæ Figuræ et Formæ (Dutch Ships): Twelve plates
  • Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Date: 1647
  • Medium: Etching; first state of five
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 9 5/16 in. (14.3 × 23.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
  • Object Number: 25.83.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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