Print Description
This print shows a view on a detailed map of Sweden and Finland (then part of Sweden).
Made by Jan van Jagen after Bowen-Bachiene.
Medium: engraving on handlaid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 29 x 38.7 cm (11.42 x 15.24 inch). Image size: 21.7 x 31 cm. (8.54 x 12.2 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Brown upper margin. Fold lower left corner. Brownish. Creases. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
MAP-EUROPE-SWEDEN-FINLAND-SCANDINAVIA | RBOS-A10-38
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published in 1779. By the British cartographer Emanuel Bowen (c. 1694?1767). It was later revised and published by Dutchman W. A. Bachiene (1712?1789).
Biography engraver: Jan van Jagen (Haarlem, born 1709 ? buried Amsterdam, 30 January 1800) was a very famous Dutch engraver, etcher and cartographer, often working in Amsterdam.
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