Hans Holbein the Younger, after. Portrait of a young woman. Sir William Butts. Etchings by Wenceslaus Hollar. 1647 - 1649.

Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497 - 1543), after.Engraver: Wenceslaus Hollar (1607 - 1677) was a prolific and accomplished Bohemian graphic artist of the 17th century who spent much of his life in England.Title: 1. Portrait of a young woman. 2. Portrait of Sir William Butts.Inscription: HHolbein inu: WHollar fec: A: A: Bierling excud: 1647. HHolbein inu: / WHollar fecit, 1649, / Adam Alexius Bierling exc.Dimensions: Sheet 1. 5 1/8" x 3 1/2". 2. 5 1/4" x 3 1/2". Backing sheet 14 1/8" x 10 1/4".Publisher: John McCreery, English publisher and printer (1768-1832).Edition: A Collection of Original Etchings. Published by McCreery. London, 1816. The original copper plates were believed to have been destroyed after this publication.Date: 1816 (published).Materials and Techniques: etchings on a thin, lightweight wove paper printed without margins. Mounted on the same paper as other McCreery prints and presumably taken from the same volume because of the same three sides’ gilded edg