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Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Francis Place British
Not on view
Grotesque head and shoulders of a man in profile to left, with open mouth and missing teeth, wearing a fur-trimmed three-tiered turban.
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Title: Bust of a grotesque man with a toothy mouth and wearing a hat with fur trim in profile to left
Series/Portfolio: Grotesques after Francis Place: Fourteen plates (New Hollstein 1844-1855; 2 rejected by Pennington 1631-2 and possibly by Place)
Etcher:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist:
After Francis Place (British, 1647–1728 York)
Date: 1666
Medium: Etching; only state
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 3/8 × 1 3/4 in. (6 × 4.4 cm)
cut into image
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.2.134
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