Print Description
Allegorical depiction with Historia writing in a book, a woman holding the liberty cap, Mars, a river god, and commercial goods. Title page for L. van Ollefen’s De Nederlandsche Stad- en Dorp-beschrijver, II Deel.
Made by Johan Christoffel Schultsz after own design.
Medium: Etching on hand-laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 12.5 x 20.7 cm (4.92 x 8.15 inch). Image size: 12.5 x 20.7 cm. (4.92 x 8.15 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light soiling, foxing and creasing. Some small tears in paper edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
DELFLAND, ALLEGORY, HISTORIA, DUTCH GEOGRAPHY, MARS, FREEDOM, 18TH CENTURY PRINTS, L. VAN OLLEFEN | PCO-E100-11
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
De Nederlandsche Stad- en Dorp-beschrijver, II Deel, published by H.A. Banse in Amsterdam, 1793.
Biography engraver: Johan Christoffel Schultsz (1749-1812) was a Dutch landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher.
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