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A View of Windsor Castle from the South Flanked by Two Knights of the Garter (from John Overton's "Atlas")

Author Related author John Overton British
1666
Not on view
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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Object Information
  • 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
  • Object Number: 20.81.2.98
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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