Hollar, Wenceslaus. London London the glory of Great Britaines ile behold her landschip here, and tru pourfile

Pennington, R. Descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar: 1012
Adams, B. London illustrated, 1604-1851: 7 (2)
Folger bibliographic ID: 265757
New Hollstein German etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700: Hollar 1632
Folger call number: MAP L85a no.1 copy 1
Folger holdings ID: 351531

Bird's eye view of London from a low angle from Southwark, as though from a tower some 500 yards from Bankside. In the foreground, four theaters with their flags: Swan, Bear Garden, a small unnamed theater, and the Globe. In the sky above Winchester House is "South Warke." The river is lettered "THAMESIS FLVVIVS." The view extends from Charing Cross to the west to just beyond the Tower to the east. The "Ell ships" (i.e. Eel ships) are shown off Baynard's Castle; and lying off Bankside is the "Gally Fuste." The title cartouche is supported by two lions and surmounted by the city arms. Numbered references in the lower margin. (Pennington)

General notes

Title from item Contains a number of topographical anachronisms: includes the Swan Theatre which had disappeared by 1632 and the buldings north of London Bridge which were burned in 1633 and fails to record the alterations to St. Paul's Cathedral made by Inigo Jones, 1631-42. None of these inconsistencies is observable in Hollar's earlier long view of 1647. (Adams) Plate from: Londinopolis : an historicall discourse or perlustration of the city of London, the imperial chamber, and chief emporium of Great Britain ... / by Jam Howel Esq. London : Printed by J. Streater, for Henry Twiford, George Sawbridge, Thomas Dring, and John Place, and are to be sold at their shops, 1657 (Wing H3091; ESTC R13420) Description based on print with trimmed plate mark

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1996-1997. Impressions of Wenceslaus Hollar (catalog entry 127) (Copy 2) Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2001-2002. The Reader Revealed (catalog entry 60) (Copy 2)

Item information about Folger MAP L85a no.1 copy 1

Trimmed

Extended title: London London the glory of Great Britaines ile behold her landschip here, and tru pourfile
Alternate titles: Prospect of London

London (England)

printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677