Prospect of ye North side of Tangier regarding the mayne Sea from the hill as you come from Whitby or the West, toward the Towne

Wenceslaus Hollar

by 1673 · Etching; intermediate state with substantial re-working but before the changes described for second state · Drawings and Prints

Series title, from a series including five additional Tangier views. View from Tangier onto York Castle and Peterborough Tower; in the foreground, three figures and a dog; on the left, the coast, with horses and carts, and the sea, with ships; in the distance, hills; ornate cartouche at top center.

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar

Date

by 1673

Medium

Etching; intermediate state with substantial re-working but before the changes described for second state

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Bequest of Julie Parsons Redmond, 1960