Print Description
This print shows a view of a galley with Turkish crew sails a bay inside, on the foreground, a rowing boat and figures on the shore with packaged merchandise. On the right is located in the distance, a high-altitude fort.
Made by after an anonymous artist.
Medium: Engraving / etching on Handlaid (verge) paper. Watermark: Yes.
Sheet size: 22.7 x 19.5 cm (8.94 x 7.68 inch). Image size: 19.2 x 15.2 cm. (7.56 x 5.98 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Pinholes in corners. Lower right corner paper loss. Brown spots in plate. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
TURKISH ROWING BOAT-GALLEY-SEASCAPE | RBOS-A7-04
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published in ca 1725. From a series of 14.
Biography engraver: Adolf van der Laan (1684 or 1690-after 1775) was a Dutch designer and engraver. He is a little described engraver, active in Amsterdam and Paris.
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