WENCESLAUS HOLLAR Etching on Paper, English Lady with Wide-Brimmed Hat related_ar5796-808 Note: bent corner (top)

Note: bent corner (top)

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WENCESLAUS HOLLAR Etching on Paper, English Lady with Wide-Brimmed Hat related_ar5796-808 Note: bent corner (top)DETAILS An antique etching of an English lady with wide brimmed hat and brocaded underskirt. She stands in profile; wearing a dark broad rimmed hat, shoulder wrap with two rows of scalloped lace edge, apron and ornate underskirt, her gown partly raised and tucked under her folded hands. SERIES Ornatus Muliebris Anglicanus LITERATURE Richard Pennington, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslaus Hollar, 1796. 1; The British Museum (Museum