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Bird's eye view from Whitehall to beyond the Tower, with Southwark in the foreground: P.41-1973

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Bird's eye view from Whitehall to beyond the Tower, with Southwark in the foreground

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Merian, Matthäus I

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Turner, S. R.

Dating

18th Century
1638 -

Note

Plate first used in Johann Ludwig Gottfried, 'Neuwe Archontologia Cosmica' (1638), but appeared later in Johann Angelius von Werdenhagen's 'De rebus publicis hanseaticis tractacus…' (1641) and others

School or Style

German

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.41-1973
Primary reference Number: 203476
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Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bird's eye view from Whitehall to beyond the Tower, with Southwark in the foreground" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/203476 Accessed: 2024-11-25 06:06:31

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