Name: Antique Print-IDOL WORSHIP-BENGAL-INDIA-BANGLADESH-VOC-Schouten-1775
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Antique Print-IDOL WORSHIP-BENGAL-INDIA-BANGLADESH-VOC-Schouten-1775

€120.00

XLI – Plate: (Bengal Idol worship. The Idols are carried in procession, using a tall square wagon.) In January 1664 in the Bengal Kingdom, present day India and Bangla-Desh.

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Description

‘XLI’

Copperplate engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 19,8 x 25,8 cm. (7,8 x 10,2 inch). Image size: 14,5 x 18,7 cm. (5,7 x 7,4 inch).

From: ‘Wouter Schoutens, Reys-Togten naar en door Oost-Indien …’ (Wouter Schoutens travels into the East Indies), 1775 edition with newly engraved plates, published in Amsterdam.

Made by an anonymous engraver after ‘Wouter Schouten’.

Condition: Good, given age. Two minor spots middle left and right. Original fold as issued General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: IDOL WORSHIP-BENGAL-INDIA-BANGLADESH-VOC

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