Part of Tangier from above, without the Water-gate.
W Hollar delineavit et sculpsit 1670
[Published by John Overton, 1673]
Etching, sheet 125 x 215mm (5 x 8½"). Glued to backing sheet.
View of Tangier with the partly ruined water-gate on the right and vessels at anchor in the bay. One of series of views in Tangier (modern Morocco) by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77). Tangier came into English possession as part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry when she married Charles II in 1662, although attempts to develop it strategically and commercially were unsuccessful. In 1688 Hollar, in his capacity of 'Scenographus Regus', went there as part of a mission sent to deal with problems with hostile natives. Hollar made some sketches of the fortifications, published in 1673. The fortifications shown were demolished in 1684 when the English government abandoned Tangier. Some of Hollar's drawings of Tangier are in the British Museum.
Pennington 1189 ii/iii
[Ref: 42212] £190.00
[Published by John Overton, 1673]
Etching, sheet 125 x 215mm (5 x 8½"). Glued to backing sheet.
View of Tangier with the partly ruined water-gate on the right and vessels at anchor in the bay. One of series of views in Tangier (modern Morocco) by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77). Tangier came into English possession as part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry when she married Charles II in 1662, although attempts to develop it strategically and commercially were unsuccessful. In 1688 Hollar, in his capacity of 'Scenographus Regus', went there as part of a mission sent to deal with problems with hostile natives. Hollar made some sketches of the fortifications, published in 1673. The fortifications shown were demolished in 1684 when the English government abandoned Tangier. Some of Hollar's drawings of Tangier are in the British Museum.
Pennington 1189 ii/iii
[Ref: 42212] £190.00