Additional Makers
Print maker - Wenceslaus Hollar
Description
View of Richmond palace with towers surmounted by cupolas seen across the Thames slightly to right; walled garden, square barn, fields and crane on the left houses and church tower on the right; the king, the queen and their three children with five attendants landing from barge moored to old tree in the foreground. 1638. Etching hand-coloured by a contemporary of Hollar, the title, border and other details picked out in gold; impression bound into an extra-illustrated copy of Clarendon's 'History of the Great Rebellion' (vol. I no. 244).
Inscription
Lettered with title in capitals over palace and below towards right "W. Hollar, fecit 1638"
Image Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Image Credit
image © Trustees of the British Museum
Location
Richmond, London, England
Country
England
Medium
Print
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
