The Tower of London, plate five from Britannia Illustrata

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Johannes Kip (Engraver)

Title

The Tower of London, plate five from Britannia Illustrata

Place

Netherlands (Artist's nationality:)

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Published 1707

Medium

Etching in black on buff laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 32.2 × 47.6 cm (12 11/16 × 18 3/4 in.); Primary support, platemark not visible: 35.2 × 48.4 cm (13 7/8 × 19 1/16 in.); Secondary support: 44.3 × 50 cm (17 1/2 × 19 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Marjorie Kreilick McNab

Reference Number

2009.169

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