Antique Print-SUXHOU, CHINA-SHIPS-SEA-TEMPLE-FORTRESS-Nieuhof-1665

This print shows a view on a view on the fortress Suzhou in China, with a temple and ships in front.

Made by an anonymous engraver after Johan Nieuhof.

Medium: Engraving / etching on handlaid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 37.5 x 31.5 cm (14.76 x 12.4 inch). Image size: 31 x 19.5 cm. (12.2 x 7.68 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Brownish on reverse due to remains of glue. Two black stripes in lower margin. Fold as published. Three small pinholes. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

SUXHOU, CHINA-SHIPS-SEA-TEMPLE-FORTRESS | RBOS-A11-20

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

‘Het Gezentschap der Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den Grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen Keizer van China …’, by Joan Nieuhof, published by Jacob van Meurs, Amsterdam 1665.

Biography artist: Johan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a Dutch world traveler. He reported on his travels to Brazil, China and India. After a journey of 2,400 km from Canton to Beijing in 1655 to 1657, Joan Nieuhof was the leading European writer on the Chinese empire.