Name: Antique Master Print-DEPARTURE-WILLEM-V-SCHEVENINGEN-Bemme-Langendijk-1795
SKU: PCO-4906
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Antique Master Print-DEPARTURE-WILLEM-V-SCHEVENINGEN-Bemme-Langendijk-1795

€495.00

‘HET VERTREKKEN VAN PRINS WILLEM DEN VIJFDEN, UIT HOLLAND NAAR ENGELAND OP DEN 17E VAN LOUWMAAND 1795’

– Historical print showcasing Prince Willem V departing for England from Scheveningen, surrounded by fishermen, soldiers, and onlookers.

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Description

Medium: Stipple engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 75 x 57.5 cm (29.53 x 22.64 inch). Image size: 71.5 x 56 cm. (28.15 x 22.05 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Some small tears in the paper edges. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

WILLEM V, DEPARTURE, SCHEVENINGEN, HISTORICAL PRINT, DUTCH MONARCHY, LANGENDIJK, MEIJER, BEMME, 1795 | EXPO-LARGE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by J. Groenewoud, Amsterdam.

Reference: Atlas van Stolk 5233; FMH 5297.

Biography engraver: Johannes Adriaansz. Bemme (1775-1841) was a Dutch designer and etcher active in Rotterdam. He was also active in the very early years of the lithography. He was a student of his father, Hauck and D. Langendijk. .

Biography artist: Dirk Langendijk and Christoffel Meijer were Dutch artists celebrated for their historical and maritime artworks. Dirk Langendijk (1748-1805) specialised in military scenes. He was famous for his watercolours of battlefields.