Hollar, Wenceslaus. The creation robe of a Duke

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

"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

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 Also available as a digital reproduction

Item information about Folger ART 234- 100.9

Trimmed within platemark

Alternate titles: Duke

Men Clothing & dress Seals (Insignia) Daggers & swords

artist: Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677
associated name: Glover, Robert, 1544-1588
publisher: Bowles, John, 1701-1779