Jovrnal ou Description dv merveillevx voyage de Gvillavme Schovten, hollandois natif de Hoorn
Image Count:
1
Description:
Bound in facing p. 24., Imperfect: map has a defect just left of center in the form of a narrow vertical wrinkle that occurred at the time of printing, resulting in a line where no ink was deposited on the page, which also caused a small amount of loss of text., Map has several small brown and yellow marks on both the recto and verso., Map has small drop of black ink just left of the word "Latitudinis"., and Scale not given.
Subject (Geographic):
Horn, Cape (Chile), Le Maire Strait (Argentina), New Guinea --Maps --Early works to 1800, Oceania --Maps --Early works to 1800, and Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) --Maps --Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Schouten, Willem Corneliszoon, d. 1625
Collection Created:
A Amstredam : Chez Harman Ianson, marchand libraire, demeurant en la VVarmoes-straet, a le Sereine, 1619
Jovrnal ou Description dv merveillevx voyage de Gvillavme Schovten, hollandois natif de Hoorn
Image Count:
1
Description:
Bound in facing p. 20., Map has several small brown marks on both the recto and verso as well as a larger one in the center that can be seen on both the recto and verso., and Scale not given.
Subject (Geographic):
Horn, Cape (Chile), Le Maire Strait (Argentina), and Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) --Maps --Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Schouten, Willem Corneliszoon, d. 1625
Collection Created:
A Amstredam : Chez Harman Ianson, marchand libraire, demeurant en la VVarmoes-straet, a le Sereine, 1619
Collection probably dates from before publication in book form as "Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid" in 1720 and before the earliest published list of the prints., Earliest published list, "Register van alle de printen die op de actiehandel zyn uyt gekomen in jaar 1720", includes all of the prints collected here, except for the title print and nine others, some of which are later additions., and Reference for plate numbers: Muller, F. Nederlandsche geschiedenis in platen, 3535
Subject (Name):
Law, John, 1671-1729
Subject (Topic):
Colonial companies --Early works to 1800, Dutch wit and humor, Pictorial, South Sea Bubble, Great, and South Sea Company --Early works to 1800
"A birch-rod placed diagonally, the handle (tied with rope) in the lower left corner of the design. From among the twigs ten heads (caricature portraits) project, also (right) the head of a boar and posteriors emitting smoke. 'O peuple aveugle et endormi! . . . C'est la liberté qui a formé pour ton éducation cette verge salutaire. . . .' Text, 'Ezekiel', vii. II."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Artist identified as Hess and printmaker questionably identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., One of twenty plates published as a bound set entitled: Hollandia regenerata., Place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "18" in upper left corner., Possibly published by Hannah Humphrey. See British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Holland: civil discord -- Emblems: birch rod., Title etched below image., and With: Letterpress explanation in French that includes appropriate texts from the Bible in Dutch and in English.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Hess, David, 1770-1843, artist.
Pickaert, Pieter, 1668 or 9-ca. 1732 Scherm, Laurens Schoonebeek, Adriaan, 1657 or 8-1705
Published / Created:
[1692?]
Call Number:
2008 +141
Image Count:
65
Abstract:
A series of sixty plates published in Amsterdam and with captions in Dutch and French, this work illustrates the Glorious Revolution in England, from the flight of James II through the coronation of William and Mary.
Alternative Title:
Engelands schouwtoneel and Theatre d’Angleterre
Publisher:
by Adr. Schoonebeek in de Kalverstraat
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --History --James II, 1685-1688 --Pictorial works, Great Britain --History --Revolution of 1688 --Pictorial works, and Great Britain --History --William and Mary, 1689-1702 --Pictorial works
A scene in which a man stands behind a pregnant woman holding an hourglass. To the left of the couple there is a grapevine, as well as other assorted plants and flowers.; to the right, a lighthouse behind a sailing vessel upon turbulent waters. Above, starting from the left, can be seen the sun, a shooting star, and a caduceus amongst four stars.