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Plan of London

Frans Hogenberg (Netherlandish, about 1540–about 1590)
Georg Braun (German, 1541 – 1622)
1580s

Medium/Technique Engraving (letterpress on verso)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP2913
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hollstein, Vol.?, p.168, First; Nag. (Mon.) II. p.791, #2160
DescriptionFrom a French edition of the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, vol. 2, p 80.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)

NOTE: Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.