Fireworks at Hemissem
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Title-page and four plates commemorating the visit paid by the Imperial Postmaster-General, the count de la Tour et Tassis, and his wife to Alexander Roelants, the Imperial Postmaster for the Netherlands (New Hollstein 1082-1086)
Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar
Artist bio: Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Bohemian
Date: ca. 1650
Medium: Etching and drypoint; only state
Dimensions: Plate: 9 9/16 × 15 15/16 in. (24.3 × 40.5 cm)
cut on platemark top and bottom; cut c. 5 mm in width.

Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession year: 1920
Tags: Castles|Fireworks|Crowd