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Warship in the Trough of a Wave

1665
Not on view
A warship tossed by waves of the stormy sea in foreground at right, another in middle ground at left, and two more ships in background

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Warship in the Trough of a Wave
  • Series/Portfolio: Sea Storms : Four plates (New Hollstein 1839-1842)
  • Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Date: 1665
  • Medium: Etching, third state of three
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (11.5 × 26.6 cm)
    publishers address cut off below image
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Carl J. Ulmann, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.57.47
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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