Wenceslaus Hollar, London, 1673
Wenceslaus Hollar's plan of London from Blome's Britannia, 1673. Wenceslaus Hollar (July 13, 1607 - March 25, 1677) was a Czech etcher. Hollar was one of the best and most prolific artists of his time. His work includes some 400 drawings and 3000 etchings. Hollar produced a variety of works; his plates number some 2740, and include views, portraits, ships, religious subjects, heraldic subjects, landscapes, and still life in many different forms. His architectural drawings, such as those of Antwerp and Strasbourg cathedrals, and his views of towns, are to scale, but are intended as pictures as well. He died in extreme poverty, his last recorded words being a request to the bailiffs that they would not carry away the bed on which he was dying.
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