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Wenceslaus Hollar (23 July 1607 – 25 March 1677) was a prolific and accomplished Bohemian graphic artist of the 17th century, who spent much of his life in England. He is known to German speakers as Wenzel Hollar ; and to Czech speakers as Václav Hollar ( Czech: [ˈvaːtslaf ˈɦolar] ).
Wenceslas Hollar's map of Hull, c. 1640 with walls and castle shown. (up is east) The fortifications of Kingston upon Hull consisted of three major constructions: the brick built Hull town walls, first established in the early 14th century (), with four main gates, several posterngates, and up to thirty towers at its maximum extent; Hull Castle, on the east bank of the River Hull, protecting ...
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, Richard Pennington], p. 175-6 "A New Hollar Panorama of London", John Orrell, The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 124, No. 953 (Aug., 1982), pp. 498–499 and 501-502; Lithographed copy of Wenceslaus Hollar's 1647 Long View of London, by Robert Martin, 1832, Museum of London
Wenceslaus Hollar's 1647 Long View of London from Bankside is an exception. Projected from a single viewpoint it resembles the perspective of a modern panoramic photograph. Projected from a single viewpoint it resembles the perspective of a modern panoramic photograph.
Baynard's Castle by the River Thames, a reconstructed view published in 1790. Baynard's Castle was destroyed in the Great Fire of London [35] of 1666. The engraver Wenceslaus Hollar depicted considerable ruins standing after the fire, including the stone facade on the river side, [35] but only a round tower was left when Strype was writing in ...
File:Wenceslas_Hollar_-_Hull.jpg: Author: Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677) Licensing. ... Hull Castle; Metadata. This file contains additional information, probably ...
Detail, Das Schloss, the castle district. In the Hollar catalog prints placed under number P880 (a-c). The etching was published in Antwerp in 1649 and was inserted into Topographia Bohemiae, Moraviae et Silesiae (Topographia Germaniae), published 1650. He left shortly after to create another perspective, his great view of London in 1647.
Haseley Church, Warwickshire. Drawn by Wenceslaus Hollar (d. 1677) Arms of Throckmorton: Gules, on a chevron argent three bars gemelles sable. Crest: A falcon rising proper belled and jessed or. Mottos: (1): Virtus Sola Nobilitas (Virtue is the only nobility); (2): Moribus Antiquis (With ancient manners) [1]