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Wenceslaus Hollar

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Etching of the Thames with boats, Whitehall's riverside buildings on the right, and Lambeth Palace across the water.

A view of Lambeth Palace from the river at Whitehall Stairs

1643-44

Etching of sailing boats tossed on rough waves under a stormy sky, with a distant city skyline on the horizon.

Zuyder Zee

1635

Etching of London seen from Arundel House, with three men on a terrace overlooking rooftops, church spires and boats on the T

London from Arundel House

1643

Etching of rolling hills, trees, a fence, small figures and a river under a cloudy sky, by Wenceslaus Hollar.

View Near Albury

1645

Etching of a nude huntress asleep under a tree, with a quiver of arrows and a bow beside her and a landscape behind.

Sleeping Huntress

1644-52

Etching of a brick church with a tall spire, people in procession, riders and a carriage under large trees.

Going to Church

1651

Etching of a moated brick mansion with flags, a footbridge, and a procession of figures and a carriage approaching it.

Visit to A. Roelants

1650

Bird's-eye etched view of the Grande Chartreuse monastery in steep alpine mountains, with a river valley and numbered key bel

View of La Grande Chartreuse in the French Alps / Descriptio Maioris Cartusiæ Montium, et Ædificiorum dependentium

1649

Etched landscape with a large tree trunk in the foreground and a terraced building on a hill beyond.

Albury with tree-stump in foreground

1645

Etching of hawks, falcons and owls perched in a room beside a shuttered window, with a pigeon and dead rabbits.

Hawks and owls

1654-58

Etched interior of St. George's Chapel choir at Windsor, with carved stalls and a fan-vaulted ceiling receding into depth.

St. George's Chapel Choir, Windsor (from Elias Ashmole's "The Order of the Garter," 1672)

1663

Etching of the choir and carved stalls of St George's Chapel, Windsor, with a large Gothic window at the end.

Choir and stalls in St George's Chapel, Windsor

1660

Engraved print of a mounted royal procession in four rows of horsemen passing through London, 1662.

Coronation Procession of Charles II Through London (from John Ogilby's "The Entertainment of...Charles II," London, 1…

1662

Engraved print of a royal procession with mounted officials, halberd-bearing guards, footmen and pages in rows.

Coronation Procession of Charles II Through (from John Ogilby's "The Entertainment of...Charles II," London, 1662)

1662

Engraved view of a Gothic abbey interior with crowded tiered seating and a kneeling figure at the centre during a ceremony.

The Coronation of King Charles the II in Westminster Abbey, April 23, 1661 (from John Ogilby's "The Entertainment of.…

1662

Frontispiece to 'Eikon Basilike'

1649

Etching of a large warship with billowing sails tossed among rough waves, with smaller ships and stormy clouds in the distanc

Warship in the Trough of a Wave

1665

Etching of a bridge over a river with horsemen, a rowing boat in the foreground, and a stone tower on the right bank.

Strasbourg

1629

Etched landscape of a road, shooting range hut, targets, trees and a wooden mill over water under cloudy sky.

Strasbourg

1665

Etched title page with a large ship's stern under a Latin cartouche, flanked by masted ships, cannons, crates and figures on

Title page: Dutch Ships

1647

Etching of Dutch merchant ships with broad hulls and tall masts at anchor, with a rowboat in the foreground.

Dutch Freighters or Flutes (Naues Mercantoriæ Hollandicæ, vulgo VLIETEN)

1647

Etching of Dutch boyer sailing ships on choppy water under clouds, with flags and detailed rigging.

Boÿers (Dutch Cargo Ship)

1647

Etching of a Dutch merchant ship with full sails and rigging on choppy sea, with smaller ships and a distant town.

Naues Mercantoriæ Hollandicæ, vulgo, VLIET (A Dutch freighter)

1647

Etching of Dutch merchant ships in harbor, large vessel in foreground with ornate stern and tall masts, 1647.

Naues Mercatoriæ Hollandicæ per Indias Occidentales (Dutch West Indiaman)

1647

Etching of a large Dutch East Indiaman under full sail beside warships and a small boat on a calm sea, by Wenceslaus Hollar.

Naues Mercatoriæ Hollandicæ per Indias Occidentales (Dutch East Indiaman)

1647

Etching of a three-masted Dutch warship under sail with flags flying, with smaller ships on the water beside it.

Dutch Warship (Nauis Bellica Hollandica)

1647

Etching of a stern view of a Dutch East Indiaman with carved galleries and lions on its coat of arms, beside a second ship.

Dutch East Indiaman

1647

Etching of a crowded sailing vessel on choppy water, with a convoy boat at left and a city skyline with church towers at righ

The Brussels Packet

1625-77

Etching of six insects, including two butterflies, a striped moth, a katydid and two grasshoppers, on a pale sheet.

Six Insects

1646

Etching of one large moth above three smaller moths and butterflies with patterned wings, on a cream background.

Moth and three butterflies

1646

Etching of four caterpillars and a snail arranged on a pale ground, with fine hatched lines describing their textures.

Four Caterpillars and a Snail

1646

Etching of a large eyed moth, three butterflies and two small beetles arranged on a pale ground.

A moth, three butterflies and two beetles

1646