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Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Francis Place British
Not on view
Grotesque head and shoulders of an old man in profile to left, with hooked nose, wearing a balloon-shaped turban with ear-flap, and coat with three buttons of similar shape.
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Title: Bust of a grotesque man wearing a turban 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: 1665
Medium: Etching; only state
Dimensions: Sheet: 2 5/8 × 1 15/16 in. (6.7 × 4.9 cm) cut within the platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.2.138
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