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Unus Americanus ex Virginia. Aetat 23

Unus Americanus ex Virginia. Aetat 23 Etching
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Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar, [1645]

10.6 cm x 8 cm

[Antwerp, 1645]


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[ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]

This unidentified 23-year-old Virginia native was drawn from life by Wenceslaus Hollar in the conventional half-length view used by European artists of the time. Hollar was a Bohemian artist from Prague who worked in London as an engraver from 1637 to 1644.