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Landscape Shaped Like a Face


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Landscape Shaped Like a Face

17th century
17th century
146 x 202 mm (5.7 x 8 in.)

Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian, (1607–1677)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching on laid paper
State: Second of three states
Print impression quality: Good; slight printing specks
Edition: Removed from Vertue’s “Description of the works of the Ingenious Delineator and Engraver Wenceslaus Hollar, disposed into Classes of Different Sorts, and with some account of his Life” (London, 1759), 2nd edition; Cutter WQ53/H73/YV.
Marks: Unsigned; inscribed in plate: “This Revers’d is ye head & face of an Old Man”
Bibliography: Parthey 1241; Pennington 1241.
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1953
Accession Number: 1983.7.5

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  • landscapes (representations) - Use for creative works that depict outdoor scenes where the picture is dominated by the configuration, visual and aesthetic, of the land, bodies of water, and natural elements. When the ocean or other large body of water dominates the picture, use "seascapes." For images that are more documentary than creative, prefer "views" or "topographical views." For actual areas of land having certain notable characteristics, use "landscapes (environments)." [January 1993 scope note added; related term added. April 1991 descriptor moved; lead-in term added; descriptor changed, was "landscapes"; alternate term changed, was 'landscape'.]

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  • plate Dimensions: 146 x 202 mm (5.7 x 8 in.)

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