COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
mediaCollectionId
Manchester~91~1
Rylands Collection
Collection
true
Image Number:
Bookreader English MS 883
image_number
Bookreader English MS 883
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
English MS 883
reference_number
English MS 883
Reference Number
false
Parent Work Title:
Collection of Drawings by Hollar
title_larger_entity
Collection of Drawings by Hollar
Parent Work Title
false
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Hollar book of drawings
title_l_e_variant
Hollar book of drawings
Alternative Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677
creator
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Artist
creator_role
Artist
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
17th century
date_created
17th century
Date Created
false
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.
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 <A href="https://luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/s/jn6s22">loose leaves</a> from the manuscript are being kept separately in a folder.
Description
false
Subject:
Architecture
subject
Architecture
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
category
Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Scrapbooks
class
Scrapbooks
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Etching (printing process)
technique
Etching (printing process)
Technique Used
false
Technique Used:
Drawing (image-making)
technique
Drawing (image-making)
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Pencil
medium
Pencil
Medium
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
temporal_coverage
17th Century CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
Germany
spatial_coverage
Germany
Places Covered
false
Places Covered:
England
spatial_coverage
England
Places Covered
false
Places Covered:
Czech Republic
spatial_coverage
Czech Republic
Places Covered
false
Places Covered:
Netherlands
spatial_coverage
Netherlands
Places Covered
false
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
work_rights
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
Access Rights:
References:
Pennington, Richard 'A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677', Cambridge University Press, 1982
references
Pennington, Richard 'A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677', Cambridge University Press, 1982
References
false
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
collection_code
Rylands
Collection Code
false