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Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)

Cattle plague published 1654

RCIN 801996

Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)

Cattle plague published 1654

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Description

Altar in left foreground by which stand two men, one with axe looking down at dead ox. Middle ground: man unyokes dying steer from plough. On right are lying dead a lion, sheep and horse. On left dead elephant. Haywain and four men. Plate/Virgil. 1st state
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Creator(s)

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

After
Search the collection Francis Cleyn (1582-1658)
(designer)

Search the collection Ogilby, John: London
(publisher)
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etching
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Category
General Subject Prints
Object type(s)
visual works
prints
Subject(s)
Science, Medicine and Technology
Agriculture and related techniques
Animal husbandry
Cattle & oxen
Sheep
Horses
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Biological sciences
Zoology
Animals
Mammals
Carnivorous mammals
Felines
Lions
Elephants

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