The City of London in 1647

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: HM Revenue & Customs, 100 Parliament Street

Wenceslaus Hollar, draughtsman and etcher, was born in Prague; the son of an official. It is thought he had no formal training. He left Prague at 20 and resided in Stuttgart (1627-29), Strasbourg (1629-30), Frankfurt-am-Main (1631) and Cologne (1632-38), where Abraham Hogenberg published his portraits and views of Prague and the Dutch coast. Thomas Howard, Second Earl of Arundel, met Hollar in Cologne and returned to London with him in 1636. He produced prints of works in the Earl’s collection and married a servant to the Earl’s wife. He moved to Antwerp in 1644, returning in 1651/52. In 1669 he was the official artist on an embassy to Tangier with Lord Henry Howard, which resulted in two series of etchings. He died in Westminster aged 70.

Places

England, London, City of London, Southwark

Subjects

topography, townscape/cityscape, river, Old Father Thames, putto, bridge (urban), house, church, cathedral, tiled roof, tower, sailboat, ship

Materials & Techniques

lithograph

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar (1607 - 1677)
Robert Martin ( - 1837)

Title

The City of London in 1647

Date

1832

Medium

Lithograph

Acquisition

Acquired by HM Customs and Excise, before 1963

Provenance

Customs & Excise, King's Beam House (Boards Suite).

GAC number

6180