COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader English MS 883
Reference Number:
English MS 883
Parent Work Title:
Collection of Drawings by Hollar
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Hollar book of drawings
Creator:
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677
Creator Role:
Artist
Date Created:
17th century
Description:
Scrapbook of a collection of sketches by Wenceslaus Hollar. The sketches are of various places in Europe, including London, Prague, Amsterdam and Cologne. There are some sketches on loose scraps of paper and some have been stuck onto the leaves of the scrapbook. There is no chronological order to the sketches and amongst the original drawings is an etching, a portrait of J. Banfi Huniades. Bound in vellum. Some loose leaves from the manuscript are being kept separately in a folder.
Subject:
Architecture
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Scrapbooks
Technique Used:
Etching (printing process)
Technique Used:
Drawing (image-making)
Medium:
Pencil
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
Germany
Places Covered:
England
Places Covered:
Czech Republic
Places Covered:
Netherlands
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Pennington, Richard 'A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677', Cambridge University Press, 1982
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2010-06-29
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2014-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands