Antique Print of the Former Retirement Home in Amsterdam by Van Schley, c.1760

Antique print titled 'Het Oude-Mannen en Vrouwen-Gasthuis, naar de Noordzyde te zien'. This print depicts the former retirement home in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This print origina...

Antique print titled ''t Huys zitten Weduwen Hoff'. This print depicts the Huiszitten Weduwenhof in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This print originates from 'Historische Beschrijving d...

To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. David Loggan (1634 - 1692) St Catharine's College, Cambridge (1690) Engraving 35 x 46 cm Loggan's view of St Catharine's College, Cambridge from the 'Cantabrigia Illustrata'. Loggan was born to English and Scottish parents, and was baptised in Danzig in 1634. After studying engraving in Danzig with Willem Hondius (1598-1652 or 1658), he moved to London in the late 1650s, going on to produce the engraved title-page for the folio 1662 Book of Common Prayer. He married in 1663 and moved to Nuffield in Oxfordshire in 1665. Loggan was appointed Public Sculptor to the nearby University of Oxford in the late 1660s, having been commissioned to produce bird’s-eye views of all the Oxford colleges. He lived in Holywell Street as he did this. The 'Oxonia Illustrata' was published in 1675, with the help of Robert White (1645-1704). Following its completion, Loggan began work on his equivalent work for Cambridge; the 'Cantabrigia Illustrata' was finally published in 1690, when he was made engraver to Cambridge University. The 'Oxonia Illustrata' also includes an engraving of Winchester College...

Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733), after David Loggan (1634–1692) Gloucester College, Oxford (now Worcester College) Engraving 12 x 16 cm An eighteenth-century view of Worcester College...