PrintsBritish17th century

Water Fowl

1646

Artists

Wenceslaus HollarArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Culture

British

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 8.5 × 11.4 cm (3 3/8 × 4 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Hugh Melville Howard (Lugt 1280b). Edwin De Turck Bechtel (Lugt 4707), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957

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