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Hollar was born in Prague. As a young engraver making a precarious living wandering round Europe during the 30 Years War, he was picked up by a colourful English figure: Lord Arundel who had a passion for art, beautiful things and collecting. Arundel gave him employment and brought him back to London, where Hollar made a name for himself with his fashion plates, maps and panoramas. During the Civil War, Hollar was in exile with the royalists in Antwerp. He returned to England ahead of Charles II, and continued to make his unique and invaluable record of the period of the Restoration - and of London during a time of catastrophe and change.
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"With clarity of purpose and clarity of style, she has written a book that is both elegant and thoughtful" (Michael Prodger Sunday Telegraph)
"Gillian Tindall is a tapestry maker. She finds patterns in history - woven from close research into people and places - that no one else would have the persistence and insight to pursue" (Independent)
Hollar was the artist/engraver who drew London before and after the Great Fire of 1666. It is because of his panoramas that we know (for e.g.) what Old St Paul's was like, before it was completely destroyed and subsequently rebuilt by Wren. Gillian Tindal
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0701169680
- ISBN 13 9780701169688
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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The Man Who Drew London: Wenceslaus Hollar in Reality and Imagination
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