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Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)

[Charles I] c.1639

Etching | 25.4 x 18.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 601636

Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)

[Charles I] c.1639

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Description

Etching of Charles I as king. Whole length with long hair, beard, lace collar, ermine robes, and Garter Collar with George, holding scales in left hand and sword in right. Standing beside the blindfolded figure of Justice, who holds a sceptre in her left hand and with her right, crowns the King with a wreath of laurels. With Latin inscription below. Cut down. Plate from Puget de la Serre's Histoire de l'Entree de la Reyne Mère dans la Grande Bretagne (1639). For a corresponding portrait of Henrietta Maria from the same volume, see RCIN 601987.

Provenance

Previously in the collection of Joseph Gulston; prints dispersed in 1786 sale.
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)
(engraver)

Subject(s)

Search the collection View the person page Charles I, King of Great Britain (1600-49)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Etching

etching

Measurements

25.4 x 18.8 cm (sheet of paper)

24.0 x 18.6 cm (image)
Groupings
Category
Portrait Prints
Object type(s)
visual works
prints
References

Other number(s)

O'D : O'Donoghue, F., 1908. Engraved British Portraits Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. Volume I-V, London – O'D (Charles I) 145

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