5 VIEW DOWN RIVER FROM GARDEN OF OLD SOMERSET HOUSE.
Wash and pen drawing. 19 by 7-3/4 in.
By Canaletto, c. 1747 (1697-1768). Lent by H.M. the King.
6 VIEW DOWN RIVER FROM WESTMINSTER. Plate IV.
Pen drawing. 15-1/2 by 5-1/4 in.
Rare example of Hollar's pen-work, unfinished. The point of view is about that of the "King's Bridge," Westminster. In the distance old St. Paul's is faintly pencilled. Signature on a plank to the left.
Wenceslaus Hollar, born at Prague, was brought to England by the Earl of Arundel in 1637, and worked under his patronage for years. In the Civil War he served under the Marquess of Winchester, and was taken prisoner at Basing House, but escaped to Antwerp. He afterwards returned, was appointed designer to the King, and spent the rest of his life here with an interval when he was sent by Charles II to Tangiers. A most industrious artist, we owe to him many fine etchings of London; died in poverty.
By W. Hollar (1607-1677). Lent by H.M. the King.
7 VIEW UP RIVER FROM GARDEN OF OLD SOMERSET
HOUSE.
Pen and wash. 19 by 8-1/2 in.
Westminster Abbey, Bridge, and Hall are conspicuous, so is the Banqueting House, Whitehall.
By Canaletto, c. 1747 (1697-1768). Lent by H.M. the King.
8 WESTMINSTER BRIDGE AND ABBEY. Plate V.
Pen and wash. 19 by 10-1/2 in.
View from Surrey side; a fête of some kind is in progress; the river crowded with sailing boats and barges and wherries all proceeding up stream. The chief Westminster buildings are delineated.
By Canaletto, c. 1747 (1697-1768). Lent by H.M. the King.
