Print Description
(Various types of Dutch vessels drawn and cut by G. Groenewegen 1786 1st Booklet.) Title print. The title on a standing, square stone. At this stone two men. To the left in front of the stone a man, sitting on a bale and smoking a pipe. The man is dressed in knee breeches, a shirt and has a fur hat on his head. To the right behind the stone a standing man with a hook in his left hand. This man is dressed in trousers, shirt and has a hat on his head. On the ground all kinds of attributes related to fishing, shipping and navigation, including a cannon, a Jacob’s staff and an anchor. To the right in the background a ship under construction on a slipway; Imp.: paragraph 1.; Inscriptions/marks: l.o. in brown ink: A.
Made by Gerrit Groenewegen after own design.
Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 20.8 x 18.2 cm (8.19 x 7.17 inch). Image size: 15.4 x 13 cm. (6.06 x 5.12 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
SHIP-TITLE PAGE | EXPO-SEASCAPES
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Verschillende schepen serie F (series title).
Reference: Collectie Rijksmuseum-1(2).
Biography engraver: Gerrit Groenewegen (1754-1826) was a Dutch painter, etcher, and engraver.
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