Name: Antique Master Print-MAMEL-FOR-SAILING-SHIP-SAILING-BOAT-Meijer-c.1690
SKU: PICTURA-02546
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Antique Master Print-MAMEL-FOR-SAILING-SHIP-SAILING-BOAT-Meijer-c.1690

€175.00

‘KAMEEL OF SCHIPS-LICHTER OM DE OORLOGHS SCHEEPE OVER HET PAMPUS TE BRENGEN (…)’

– Depiction of a ship’s camel or barge that could be used to transport large seagoing vessels over the shoal Pampus near Amsterdam. The letter A shows the ship’s camel in operation.

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Description

Depiction of a ship’s camel or barge that could be used to transport large seagoing vessels over the shoal Pampus near Amsterdam. The letter A shows the ship’s camel in operation.

Made by Cornelis Meijer after own design.

Medium: Engraving / Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 29.8 x 20.5 cm (11.73 x 8.07 inch). Image size: 24.1 x 18.7 cm. (9.49 x 7.36 inch).

Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

IMPROVISED-UNUSUAL-TRAFFIC-ON-WATER-SAILING-SHIP-SAILING-BOAT | PCO-E16-21

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography engraver: Cornelis Jansz Meijer (1629-1701) was a Dutch hydraulic engineer. He worked in Italy, among other places, on the improvement of the drainage of the Tiber. In Italian literature he is called Cornelio Meyer.