Pennington, R. Descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar: 1990
New Hollstein German etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700: 2535
Folger bibliographic ID: 241096
Folger call number: ART 234- 100.9
Folger holdings ID: 301017
Accession Number: 234100.9
Summary
"He stands half left, wearing a long cloak edged with ermine and with an ermine cape. He has a coronet, and a large sword hanging in front, and in his left hand he holds a staff and in his right a sealed document." --Pennington
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Edition
[State 2 of 2]
General notes
Title from item
State and dimensions from New Hollstein
Numbered "2" in plate, upper right corner. From a set of nine prints depicting the ceremonial robes of the English nobility. Numbering added in the second or third states, published by John Bowles under the title Hollar's Habits, or, The nobility in their creation robes, ca. 1732. (from Pennington)
According to Pennington, the designs derive from the larger engravings in Richard Glover, Nobilitas politica vel civilis, 1608 (STC 11922). Hollar changed only the heads and the ruffs making the latter more contemporary in style
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