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Wenceslaus Hollar

(1607-1677), Etcher

Sitter associated with 10 portraits
Artist associated with 540 portraits
Hollar left his native Prague in 1627. He spent several years travelling and working in Germany before his patron, the Earl of Arundel brought him to London in 1636. During the civil wars, Hollar fought on the royalist side, after which he spent the years 1644-52 in Antwerp. Hollar's views of London form an important record of the city before the Great Fire of 1666. Among his most ambitious projects was a set of plates of women's costumes, entitled Ornatus muliebris Anglicanus, or, The severall habits of English women from the nobilitie to the country woman (1640). He was prolific and engraved a wide range of subjects, producing nearly 2,800 prints, numerous watercolours and many drawings.

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William Oughtred, copy by George Perfect Harding, after an engraving by  Wenceslaus Hollar - NPG 2906a

William Oughtred

copy by George Perfect Harding, after an engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar
watercolour, 19th century, based on a work of 1644
NPG 2906a

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, attributed to Wenceslaus Hollar, after  Hans Holbein the Younger - NPG D24232

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

attributed to Wenceslaus Hollar, after Hans Holbein the Younger
etching, possibly 17th century
NPG D24232

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, possibly by Wenceslaus Hollar, after  Hans Holbein the Younger - NPG D24233

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

possibly by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Hans Holbein the Younger
etching, possibly 17th century
NPG D24233

Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel, by Wenceslaus Hollar, after  Sir Anthony van Dyck - NPG D18366

Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel

by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1626
NPG D18366

Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel, by Wenceslaus Hollar, after  Sir Anthony van Dyck - NPG D18367

Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel

by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
etching, 1626
NPG D18367

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, by Alexander Bannerman, after  Wenceslaus Hollar, after  Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger - NPG D25566

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger

by Alexander Bannerman, after Wenceslaus Hollar, after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
line engraving, (1627)
NPG D25566

William Laud, probably by Wenceslaus Hollar - NPG D21587

William Laud

probably by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D21587

Monument to John Colet in St. Paul's Cathedral, possibly by Wenceslaus Hollar - NPG D24287

Monument to John Colet in St. Paul's Cathedral

possibly by Wenceslaus Hollar
line engraving, possibly mid 17th century
NPG D24287

Richard Hooker, by Wenceslaus Hollar - NPG D25245

Richard Hooker

by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid to late 17th century
NPG D25245

Monument to Sir Christopher Hatton, by Wenceslaus Hollar - NPG D25373

Monument to Sir Christopher Hatton

by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, probably mid to late 17th century
NPG D25373

King Charles I, by Wenceslaus Hollar - NPG D26307

King Charles I

by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D26307

King Charles I, by Wenceslaus Hollar - NPG D26309

King Charles I

by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D26309

King Charles I, by Wenceslaus Hollar, sold by  Peter Stent - NPG D26310

King Charles I

by Wenceslaus Hollar, sold by Peter Stent
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D26310

King Charles I, by Wenceslaus Hollar, sold by  Peter Stent - NPG D26311

King Charles I

by Wenceslaus Hollar, sold by Peter Stent
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D26311

King Charles I, by Wenceslaus Hollar - NPG D26312

King Charles I

by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D26312

The Statue of King Charles I at Charing Cross, by Wenceslaus Hollar, after  Hubert Le Sueur - NPG D26343

The Statue of King Charles I at Charing Cross

by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Hubert Le Sueur
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D26343

Henrietta Maria, by Wenceslaus Hollar - NPG D26410

Henrietta Maria

by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, mid 17th century
NPG D26410

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