, IMPALEMENT-PUNISHMENT-ACEH-INDONESIA [Jan LAMSVELT after DAMPIER, 1771], Pictura Antique Prints

IMPALEMENT-PUNISHMENT-ACEH-INDONESIA [Jan LAMSVELT after DAMPIER, 1771]

Print

€150.00

Plaat XVII. – This original antique print shows the travellers in Achin, present day Aceh on Sumatra, Indonesia witnessing corporal punishment including one of the natives being punished by impalement.

In stock

SKU: 20190113P054 Categories: , Tag:

Description

Plaat XVII.

Copperplate engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 15,4 x 20,2 cm. Image size: 13,2 x 16,1 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: IMPALEMENT-PUNISHMENT-ACEH-INDONESIA

PCO-C11-18

Additional information

Dimensions 15 × 15 × 1 cm

Reviews

There are no reviews yet.

Be the first to review “IMPALEMENT-PUNISHMENT-ACEH-INDONESIA [Jan LAMSVELT after DAMPIER, 1771]”

You might also like: