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Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
Related author John Overton British
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View of the South side of Windsor Castle at center; with scroll for title and two coats of arms in the sky; figures of two Knights of the Garter on either side of the view.
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Title: A View of Windsor Castle from the South Flanked by Two Knights of the Garter (from John Overton's "Atlas")
Artist:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Author:
Related author John Overton (British, London 1640–1713 London)
Date: 1666
Medium:
Etching; Upper portion of a plate which original had a Map of Berkshire below
the surviving view of Windsor Castle.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 7/16 × 19 5/8 in. (11.3 × 49.8 cm)
The view has been cut from a plate which had a Map of Berkshire below.
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.2.98
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