Antique Print-VLIELAND-TITLE-WADDEN SEA-NETHERLANDS-Le Rouge-1790

Outline coloured etching/engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 56 x 81 cm. The image size is ca. 48.5 x 58 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 22 x 31.9 inch. The image size is ca. 19.1 x 22.8 inch.

Antique print, titled: ‘La Hollande in 12 Feuilles.’ – The title sheet to the large wall map. It shows a large cartouche bearing the title, a sheet division for the northern part of the Netherlands, and one of the Wadden islands: Vlieland. This print originates from: The map originates from: ‘La Hollande en 12 feuilles dont les six premieres contiennent La Hollande septentrionale ou la partie septentrionale, du comte de Hollande, le Texel, la Frise, Groningue, Drente, et partie de l’Over-Yssel’, published in Paris by Jean A. Dezauche, successeur des Srs. Delisle et Buache, 1790. Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after ‘George Louis le Rouge’. G. L. le Rouge (1707-1790) was a French military engineer, hydrographer and cartographer. He produced a wide rang of attractive cartographic work. He held a position of Geographical Engineer to King Louis XV.

Condition: Good, given age. A horizontal fold in the middle of the sheet. Creasing around the middle fold. Left and right margins faintly browned. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-VLIELAND-TITLE-WADDEN SEA-NETHERLANDS-LE ROUGE

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