The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 13, 2026

A vertically oriented etching in black ink uses precise, cross-hatched lines to depict a standing woman with light skin tone in profile. She wears a dark gown over a light skirt, her shoulders draped in a wide lace collar fastened with a bow. Fine lines texture the fabric, while dense, vertical hatching shades her dress and the background. At the bottom right, text reads "Hollar fec 1640" above the number "44."

The Several Habits of English Women, from the Nobility to the Country Women as they are in these times: The Woman with a High Neckcloth

1640

Wenceslaus Hollar

(Bohemian, 1607–1677)
Bohemia
etching
Gift of Robert Hays Gries 1939.612
Location: Not on view
  • The Ikle and Jacoby Collection of Laces and Embroideries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 25-June 3, 1962).
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