Print Description
This hand coloured print shows the early map of Great Britain dedicated to William III, King of England, Scotland and Ireland. In the lower right corner the Netherlands and Flandria.
Made by an anonymous engraver after Nicolaes Visscher.
Medium: Engraving / hand coloured on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 65 x 54 cm (25.59 x 21.26 inch). Image size: 56.5 x 47 cm. (22.24 x 18.5 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Brown spots. Fold as published. Second fold vertical. Smudges. Creases. Tears in margin restored. Stains in reverse. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
MAP-GREAT BRITAIN-ENGLAND-SCOTLAND-IRELAND-NETHERLANDS-FLANDRIA | RBOS-T33-LARGE
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published in the ‘Atlas Minor, sive geographia compendiosa qua orbis terrarum. . . ‘, Amsterdam c. 1690. Published by Nicolaes Visscher II (1649 ? 1702). .
Biography artist: Nicolaes Visscher II (1649 ? 1702) was the son of a previous mapmaker and engraver of the same name. He was also a Dutch engraver, cartographer and publisher who spent his working life in Amsterdam.
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