Musaeum Tradescantianum; Or, A Collection of Rarities Preserved at South Lambeth, near London, by John Tradescant

Multiple artists/makers

1656

Not on view

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Title: Musaeum Tradescantianum; Or, A Collection of Rarities Preserved at South Lambeth, near London, by John Tradescant
Author: John Tradescant, the Younger (British, Meopham, Kent 1608–1662)
Printer: John Grismond (London) for Nathanael Brooke, London
Illustrator: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Sitter: Two portraits of Hester Tradescant (British, active 17th century)
Date: 1656
Medium: Illustrations: etching, engraving
Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 1/2 in. (14 x 8.5 x 1.3 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
Object Number: 25.45
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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