BULLS-VIRGIN ISLANDS-BEEF ISLAND [Jan LAMSVELT after DAMPIER, 1771]

Plaat XX.

Copperplate engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 15,5 x 20,2 cm. Image size: 12,8 x 16 cm.

From William Sewel’s Dutch translation of William Dampier’s travel logue: ‘Nieuwe Reistogt rondom de Wereld …’ (A New Voyage Round the World), published in Nijmegen by Isaac van Campen, 1771.

Made by Jan Lamsvelt after an anonymous artist. Engraver: Jan van Lamsvelt (Dutch; 1674-1743) mostly worked as engraver for the publisher Van der Aa.

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

Keywords: BULLS-VIRGIN ISLANDS-BEEF ISLAND

PCO-C11-18