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Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
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Long view of London before and after the Great Fire of 1666, shown in two bands one above the other, each with its own title and with a key to the buildings along the bottom.
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Title: Prospects of London Before and After the Great Fire
Artist:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Date: 1666
Medium: Etching; third state of five
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 26 3/16 in. (22.3 × 66.5 cm)
cut outside the borderlines and text but within the platemark.
rinted from two plates joined down the centre
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.2.18
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