Print Description
View of the Mont Albans Tower in Amsterdam.
Made by W.H. Hoogkamer after Hendrik Gerrit Ten Cate.
Medium: Aquatint etching with original hand colouring. on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 21.3 x 29 cm (8.39 x 11.42 inch). Image size: 14 x 20.8 cm. (5.51 x 8.19 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Some ghosting from previous framing. 2 light stains in top corners, not effecting the image. Some light creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
MONT ALBANS-TOREN-TOWER-VIEW-AMSTERDAM | PCO-E16-06
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From: ‘Vues choisies d’Amsterdam et ses environs (…), published in Amsterdam by Frans Buffa & fils in 1825. A very rare series of splendid aquatint views, mainly of Amsterdam. The series of 45 plates, one of the finest print series on Amsterdam, was originally published in nine instalments of 5 plates.
Biography engraver: Willem Hendrik Hoogkamer (1790-1864) was a Dutch engraver and etcher, active in Utrecht. .
Biography artist: Hendrik Gerrit Ten Cate (1803-1856) was a Dutch painter, draftsman and printmaker from Amsterdam.
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