View of Lambeth from Whitehall Stairs [copy]

Wenceslaus Hollar

1650–60 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Lambeth, now part of South London, is seen from Whitehall Stairs with Lambeth Palace in distance on the left. The right foreground is filled with a range of gabled buildings. A two-storied wing is shown at center, extending over the foreshore on piers and ending in a door and a flight of steps down to the water. Before this convenience, Whitehall Stairs consisted of a plank walkway which ferry boats used to deposit passngers. This is a copy after Hollar in the same direction as his original.

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar

Date

1650–60

Medium

Etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917