Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607–1677, Bohemian
Title:
View of the East Part of Southwark, Looking Towards Greenwich
Date:
ca. 1638
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and blue-black ink, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/8 × 12 1/8 inches (14.3 × 30.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: "East part of South | Warke \ Grenwich."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4664
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
view | cityscape | buildings
Associated Places:
Southwark | England | Europe | United Kingdom | London
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Remembering Shakespeare (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 2012-02-01 - 2012-06-04)

An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

Drawing in England from Hilliard to Hogarth (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-09-19 - 1987-11-08)

Drawing in England from Hilliard to Hogarth (British Museum, 1987-06-18 - 1987-08-31)

English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)

English Drawings and Watercolors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
Publications:
A loan exhibition of English drawings and watercolours from the collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon of Upperville, Virginia, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1964, cat. no. 2, pl. 2, N5247.M385 L62 (YCBA)

John Baskett, Paul Mellon's Legacy: a Passion for British Art: Masterpieces from the Yale Center for British Art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, p. 242, no. 5, N5220 M552 P38 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

British Art at Yale, Apollo, v.105, April 1977, p. 270, N1 .A54 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)

English Drawings and Watercolours from the Mellon Collection, The Times (London), issue no. 56195, December 15, 1964, p. 6, Available online: The Times Digital Archive Also available on Microfilm: Film An T482 (SML)

National Gallery in Prague, Wenceslaus Hollar: Drawing, 1607-1677, [Prague], p. 299, cat. 47, NJ18.H73 V65 2017 (LC) Oversize (YCBA)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, no. 5, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Graham Reynolds, English Landscape 1630-1850, Apollo, vol.105, April 1977, p. 270, N1 A54 105:2 + (YCBA)

Yale University Art Gallery, English drawings and watercolors, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, April 15 - June 20, 1965 , New Haven, 1965, cat. no. 2, Pl. II, NC228 Y34 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10183