Go to main content

[The galley] [graphic] / W. Hollar inv. et sculp. 1665.

Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, printmaker.; Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, artist.; Stent, Peter, -1665, publisher.
1665
Available at Vault - Craven
Add to Basket

Title
[The galley] [graphic] / W. Hollar inv. et sculp. 1665.
Edition
[State 1 of 2].
Created/published
[London] : Peter Stent exc, [1665]
Description
1 print : etching ; platemark 123 x 271 mm
Associated name
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, printmaker.
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, artist.
Stent, Peter, -1665, publisher.
Material base
paper
Summary
In right foreground is a 2-masted galley sailing to left into a huge wave in a heavy rain storm. It has a high, decorated poop, and is lateen-rigged and with 20 oars on each side. On the crest of a wave in center is a merchant ship sailing away. Three other ships in distance. --Pennington.
Note
Title and state from Pennington.
Cited/described in
Pennington, R. Descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar, 1276
New Hollstein German etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, Hollar 1842
Genre/form
Prints.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
ART 258- 862 (size S)
Folger accession
258862

Show more subjects...