Windsor Castle
[London,
J. Macock for Nathanael Brooke,
1672].
Etching.
134 by 222mm. (5.25 by 8.75 inches). Plate size: 95 by 175mm.
18247
notes:
In 1672, English antiquarian and politician Elias Ashmole published 'The institutions, laws and ceremonies of the noble Order of the Garter', which contained 47 engraved plates, the majority by Wenceslaus Hollar. These included one of Windsor Castle, which Ashmole had taken Hollar to visit on May 24, 1659. New members of the Order of the Garter are invested at the castle and many of their other ceremonies are held there; initially there were a group of impoverished military...
bibliography:
NHG Hollar 2165 I; Pennington 1072.