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Lady with feather fan


Ornatus Muliebris Angelicanus or the Several Habits of English Women, plate 1
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian (active in Germany, Netherlands, England), 1607–1677)
1640

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Platemark: 13.5 × 7.3 cm (5 5/16 × 2 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 17 × 11.7 cm (6 11/16 × 4 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Vershbow
Accession Number1986.204
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Parthey 1778a (1); Pennington 1778A i/ii or ii/ii; New Hollstein 294 I/II or II/II
DescriptionParthey/ Pennington 1778-1802
Pennington's state ii, with Stent's name, datable after 1643
Plate numbered before additional rework
Marks Black ink, verso: Hambledown(?) cricket club, 1873
[list of names]
InscriptionsInscribed verso with cricket match scores dated ca. 1873.
Provenance1986, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Vershbow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 21, 1986)