The Prospect of Bermingham [Birmingham], from Ravenshurst (neere London-road) on the South-east part of towne (from Dugdale's "The Antiquities of Warwickshire," 1656, p. 957)
![The Prospect of Bermingham [Birmingham], from Ravenshurst (neere London-road) on the South-east part of towne (from Dugdale's "The Antiquities of Warwickshire," 1656, p. 957) by Wenceslaus Hollar|Sir William Dugdale](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.artheonmuseum.org%2Fmet%2Fdp%2Fthumb%2Fthe-prospect-of-bermingham-birmingham-from-360610.webp&w=3840&q=75)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
image: 3 11/16 x 7 1/4 in. (9.4 x 18.4 cm) sheet: 3 7/8 x 7 7/16 in. (9.8 x 18.9 cm) (clipped impression, laid down)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.1166-376
Tags
About the Artist
Wenceslaus Hollar|Sir William Dugdale · 1607–1677
Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) was a prolific Bohemian etcher who became one of the most accomplished printmakers of the seventeenth century. Born in Prague, he trained under Matthäus Merian in Frankfurt before entering the service of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, in 1636. Hollar spent most of his career in England, where he produced approximately 2,740 etchings documenting an extraordinary range...