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Ships on a calm sea and a spouting whale: P.161-1943

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Ships on a calm sea and a spouting whale
Small seascapes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: From the collection of George Ambrose Cardew (d.1941) [L.1134]; bt. Sotheby's, 20 January 1943, part of lot 119

Legal notes

Bought from the Print Duplicates Fund, 1943

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1943)

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: circa AD 1636

Note

From a set of eight plates. State with 'a' added lower right corner

School or Style

Bohemian

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.161-1943
Primary reference Number: 203148
New Hollstein (German): 227 III/III
Pennington: 1254
Lugt: 1134
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Saturday 28 January 2023 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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