Description
Visscher Redrawn is a pen-and-ink revision of Dutch
engraver Claes Jansz Visscher’s London panorama,
published in 1616. In it, 21st century artist Robin
Reynolds depicts modern London, arranged on the
fantastic Visscher landscape. The new work was
first exhibited at London’s Guildhall Art Gallery from
February to November 2016, as part of the City of
London’s William Shakespeare 400th and Great Fire
350th anniversary programmes.
Hidden in the drawing are visual references
to all of Shakespeare’s major works. Can you find
the clues, drawn from Shakespeare’s texts?
THE VISSCHER
PANORAMA.
Published in 1616, the Visscher
panorama is one of the few visual
records of the mediaeval city.
The image, measuring over two
metres in width, was engraved on
copper plates in four sections.
In the image Visscher is identified
as the artist, but it was published
by a rival, Ludovicus Hondius.
Robin Reynolds
Robin Reynolds works in pen-and-ink and watercolour. His best-known works are his historical panoramas of London and New Orleans.
Robin was born in Zimbabwe 1952. He spent most of his working life in journalism and business communications in the United Kingdom. Latterly he was responsible for the BBC’s art and history collections.
Initially he pursued drawing in spare time between work and family commitments. But since 2010 he has been developing stories in pictures full-time, along a number of themes – notably fantasy townscapes and disasters, and, more recently, city panoramas.
Recent projects include a pictorial history of the Tower of London, a study of do-it-yourself dentistry, and his own Life Misremembered, a visual autobiography set inside a human brain.
View Robin Reynolds's page
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