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Period: 18th Century
Antique Map of Edom, an Ancient Kingdom in Transjordan, 1773
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Idumea, of thet Land der Philistynen'. Old map of Edom, an ancient kingdom in Transjordan located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west and the ...
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Raphael, Student’s Guide to Expression, Engraving, 1782
Located in Savannah, GA
An engraving from Benjamin Ralph’s The School of Raphael: or, the Student’s Guide to Expression in Historical painting. London: Printed for John Boydell, 1782...
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British Other Antique 18th Century Prints
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Copper Engraving of a Sapper of the Swiss Guards at the Vatican, 1779
Located in Langweer, NL
This original print is Johann Georg Wille's copper engraving of a Sappeur of the Swiss Guard from 1779. Wille was a notable artist and engraver known for his portraits and engravings during the 18th century.
The piece depicts a half-length portrait of a soldier in the uniform of the Swiss Guard, likely in service in Italy, perhaps even in Rome, given the connection of the Swiss Guard with the Vatican. The soldier is portrayed as a sapper or pioneer, carrying out specialized military tasks.
The dimensions of the paper and the technique used (copper engraving on paper) give a sense of the physical aspects of the artwork. The condition report indicates some minor damage but an overall good state, with some restoration work done.
It's fascinating how historical artworks like this engraving can provide insights into military attire, cultural connections, and artistic techniques of the time.
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Johann Georg Wille (1715 Königsberg, Giessen - 1808 Paris): "Sapeur des gardes suisses" Portrait of a man wearing a feather-trimmed fur hat and a sash worn over his uniform, breast piece with profile to the left, 1779.
Technique: Copper engraving on Paper
Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "Dessine et gravé par Wille Graveur du Roi". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "SAPEUR DES GARDES SUISSES ...".
Keywords: Soldier; Uniform; Man; Soldier portrait...
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Antique Print of The Extinct Dodo and the Trumpeter Bird, 18th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Print of Dodo and Trumpeter Bird, Plate 688–689, c. 18th Century
This antique ornithological engraving features two rare and historically significant bird species: the “Träg...
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Beautiful Large Scale Map of Spain and Portugal Published by Herman Moll in 1711
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: A New and Exact Map of Spain & Portugal
Author: Herman Moll
Date: 1711
Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving
Herman Moll (c. 1654-1732) was one of the most important London mapmakers in the first half of the eighteenth century. Moll was probably born in Bremen, Germany, around 1654. He moved to London to escape the Scanian Wars. His earliest work was as an engraver for Moses Pitt on the production of the English Atlas, a failed work which landed Pitt in debtor's prison. Moll also engraved for Sir Jonas Moore, Grenville Collins, John Adair, and the Seller & Price firm. He published his first original maps in the early 1680s and had set up his own shop by the 1690s.
Moll's work quickly helped him become a member of a group which congregated at Jonathan's Coffee House at Number 20 Exchange Alley, Cornhill, where speculators met to trade stock. Moll's circle included the scientist Robert Hooke...
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VOC Fort Nassau at Banda of The Spice Islands, Bird’s-eye View Engraving, c.1740
Located in Langweer, NL
Fort Nassau at Banda, bird’s-eye view engraving by Van der Schley, c. 1735–1747
This finely detailed 18th-century engraving presents a bird’s-eye view of Fort Nassau on Banda Neira,...
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Antique Map of the Turkish Empire by Tirion 'c.1760'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Nieuwe Kaart van het Turksche Ryk gelegen in Europa, Asia en Africa'. Original antique map of the Turkish Empire. The map is centered on the Mediterranean Sea but...
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Antique 18th Century Prints
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Pair Hand-Colored Venetian Engravings after Canaletto
Located in New York, NY
Pair hand-colored Venetian engravings after Canaletto. 18th century hand-colored Venetian engravings in period gilt frames after Canaletto (1697-1768) with view of the Grand Canal t...
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Italian Antique 18th Century Prints
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Gesso, Giltwood, Paper
Allegorical Print of Lithology and Conchology by Boucher Fils, 18th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Allegorical Print of Lithology and Conchology by Boucher Fils, 18th Century
Description: This exquisite 18th-century allegorical engraving, titled La Lithologie & La Conchyli...
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Pair Rare Prints of Antique Carriages
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
ST/530 - Very rare French Horsemanships 1774-1775 engravings by the famous Diderot & D'Alembert Encyclopedie - Paris -
They are the only two engravings of carriages in the intere Enc...
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French Other Antique 18th Century Prints
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Paper
Exquisite 1740 Copperplate Engravings of English Monarchs' Tombs in Westminster
Located in Langweer, NL
Exquisite 1740 Copperplate Engravings of English Monarchs' Tombs in Westminster Abbey"
This remarkable set of five copperplate engravings, created circa 1740, showcases the monument...
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Amsterdam and the Bridge across the Amstel River, aquatint by S.Ireland, 1795
Located in Langweer, NL
Amsterdam and the Bridge across the Amstel River, aquatint by Samuel Ireland, 1795
This finely executed sepia-tone aquatint titled 'Amsterdam and Bridge across the Amstel' was both ...
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18th Century Framed Lithographs of Important Men - 21 Available. $895 each.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Group of 4 (individual) lithographs of important men of their day. Finely detailed. Framed and matted with bone linen matte. Silver-leafed frames. 21 available.
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Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Prints
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Wood, Paper
The Castle of Batavia (Jakarta) in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), 1726
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Perspectief van het Casteel Batavia, gesien van het Suyker Packhuys. ' A view of the Castle of Batavia (Jakarta, Indonesia) as seen from the Sugar Warehouse. Th...
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Hogarth's 1756 'France' Satirical Print: A Scathing Critique - Published in 1798
Located in Langweer, NL
Hogarth's 1756 "France" Satirical Print: A Scathing Critique
Step into the world of 18th-century satire with this rare 1756 William Hogarth print, "France," from his "France and E...
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Antique 18th Century Prints
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Small Hand-Colored Print L'Ara Rouge et Bleu Parrot from Buffon’s Histoire, 1770
Located in Langweer, NL
"1770s L'Ara Rouge et Bleu Parrot Print from Buffon’s Histoire"
This stunning print, titled "L'Ara Rouge et L'Ara Bleu", originates from Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon’s mo...
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Antique 18th Century Prints
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Eighteenth-Century Engraving of a Cannon-Boring Machine from Fonte des Canons
Located in Langweer, NL
Eighteenth-Century Engraving of a Cannon-Boring Machine from Fonte des Canons
Description: This highly detailed eighteenth-century engraving illustrates a cannon-boring machine used...
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Antique 18th Century Prints
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Antique Map of France with Decorative Title Cartouche
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de la France'. Original old map of France. This map originates from 'Le Petit Atlas Maritime Recueil De Cartes et Plans Des Quatre Parties Du Monde (..) by ...
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Original Antique Print After Jan Luyken, Amsterdam. Genesis XVIII. 1724
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful copper-plate engraving after Jan Luyken
Published by Marten Schagen, Amsterdam. 1724
Text on verso
The measurement given is the paper size.
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Dutch Renaissance Antique 18th Century Prints
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Paper
Knight of the Order of Saint Hubert: 1791 Colored Engraving in Formal Attire
Located in Langweer, NL
Knight of the Order of Saint Hubert: 1791 Hand-Colored Engraving in Formal Attire
This impressive hand-colored engraving, titled "Ritter des St. Hubertus Ordens" (Knight of the Order of Saint Hubert), portrays a knight of this esteemed order dressed in opulent ceremonial attire. The knight is adorned in a black brocade cloak with intricate floral patterns, layered over a formal suit of red and gold accents. The ensemble is complemented by a flamboyant hat featuring a dramatic red plume, indicative of the high status associated with the Order. The knight also wears the insignia of the Order, including a golden cross...
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Antique Map of Japan by J.N. Bellin, 1752
Located in Langweer, NL
Bellin's wonderfully detailed map of Japan from the atlas of Prevost d'Exiles' influential collection of travel narratives, Histoire Generale des Voyages. Considered the best general...
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Antique 18th Century Prints
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Canton Fur Trader: A Vibrant 1799 Glimpse into China's Commerce
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: "Canton Fur Trader: A Vibrant 1799 Glimpse into China's Commerce"
Description: This detailed print, labeled as Plate 43 from the series "Costumes of China," depicts a fur tra...
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Hand-Colored Engraving of the Kingfisher by Johann Michael Seligmann, ca.1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Der Eisvogel - Hand-Colored Engraving of the Kingfisher by Johann Michael Seligmann, 18th Century
This charming hand-colored engraving, titled 'Der Eisvogel', depicts the Ki...
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Frontispiece of Homann's Atlas Novus, Hand-Coloured Engraving, Published in 1720
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Johann Baptista Homann’s Atlas Novus Frontispiece (Circa Early 18th Century)
This original hand-colored engraving served as the frontispiece for Johann Baptista Homann’...
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Antique 18th Century Prints
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Botanical Splendor: Laburnum and Florae in 18th Century Etching, 1748
Located in Langweer, NL
Artist or Maker: Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Title: "Laburnum, seu Anasyris flore luteo"
Medium: Colored etching
Catalog Number: N.655
This image is an colored etching from J.W. Weinman...
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Map of the Ottoman Empire in Europe, incl. the Balkans, Greece & Turkey, c.1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map Turkey titled 'An Accurate Map of Turky in Europe drawn from the best Authorities'.
Map of the Ottoman Empire in Europe, the Balkans, Greece, and Turkey in Europe. Engr...
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Antique 18th Century Prints
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Rare German Frontispiece of Rumphius Cabinet of Curiosities, 1765
Located in Langweer, NL
The Amboinese Cabinet of Curiosities was a work by Georg Eberhard Rumphius, and included many engravings of sea shells and crustaceans.
The German edition of the book was financed ...
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Antique Botany Print of a Cashew Tree by Plenck, 'circa 1790'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique botany print titled 'Anacardium Occidentale'. Hand colored engraving of a cashew tree. This print originates from 'Icones Plantarum Medicinalium (..)' by Joseph Jacob Plenck....
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Antique 18th Century Prints
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Antique Print of the City and Port of Valparaíso, Chile by Tirion '1767'
By Isaak Tirion
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Gezigt van de Stad Valparayso in Chili'. Detailed view of the city and port of Valparaíso, Chile. With Dutch key. As indicated by the presence of the fort and b...
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Engraving of Women Resisting Capture by Dutch Pirates, Strait of Magellan, 1768
Located in Langweer, NL
This engraving, created by T. Bonnor in 1768, depicts a harrowing scene of 'women on an island in the Strait of Magellan' resisting capture or death at the hands of Dutch pirates und...
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Inhabitants of Quito, South America, from Middleton's Geography, 1777
Located in Langweer, NL
Inhabitants of Quito, South America, from Middleton's Geography, 1777
This antique engraving, titled 'Inhabitants of Quito', was produced for Charles Theodore Middleton's 'A Complet...
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Antique 18th Century Prints
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Antique Map of Friesland Also Know as the Peacock Map, C.1580
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled ?Frisia Occidentalis?. Original antique map of the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. Includes a fascinating inset of ancient Friesland with a peacock and myt...
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Antique 18th Century Prints
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Marriage of the Indians of Panama and Land Clearing for the Newlyweds, 1734
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Marriage of the Indians of Panama and Land Clearing for the Newlyweds
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This detailed 18th-century copper engraving illustrates two important social customs among ...
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Religious Ceremony of the Inhabitants of the Island of Hispaniola, 1734
Located in Langweer, NL
Religious Ceremony of the Inhabitants of the Island of Hispaniola, 1734
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This vividly hand-colored copperplate engraving, issued in 1734 in Bernard Picart’s monumental w...
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Mexican Marriage and Childhood Ceremonies as Imagined in the 18th Century, 1734
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Marriage and Infant Rituals among the Mexicans, Engraving from 1734
Description: This richly detailed 18th-century copperplate engraving, published in 1723, offers a fascinat...
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Antique 18th Century Prints
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Idols of Campeche, Yucatán, and Tabasco in Early Colonial Imagination, 1734
Located in Langweer, NL
Idols of Campeche, Yucatán, and Tabasco in Early Colonial Imagination
This dramatic 18th-century copperplate engraving, dated 1723, depicts the so-called idols and ritual scenes ass...
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Whirling Dervish, Indian Dervish, and Turkish Devotion – Engraving, 1723
Located in Langweer, NL
Whirling Dervish, Indian Dervish, and Turkish Devotion – Engraving, 1723
This striking copperplate engraving from 1723 presents four finely detailed figures representing spiritual d...
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Ottoman Military & Ceremonial Standards – Engraving of Cavalry & Janissary Flags
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Ottoman Military and Ceremonial Standards – 1734 Engraving of Cavalry and Janissary Flags
Description: This detailed copperplate engraving from 1734 illustrates six Ottoman m...
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Original Antique Engraving of a Deer by Ridinger, circa 1745
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'In dem Herzogthum Würtemberg wurde anno 1736 diser Hirsch auf der so genannten Schlauch Wisen Stremfen-bacher huth Schorndorffer Forsts Tod gefunden'. Copper en...
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Rare 18th-Century German Engraving of a Proa Sailing Canoe, c. 1780
Located in Langweer, NL
Rare 18th-Century German Engraving of a Proa Sailing Canoe, c. 1780
This finely detailed 18th-century engraving offers a technical depiction of a traditional proa, a type of saili...
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18th Century French Hand Colored Etching of an Elephant Skeleton
Located in Stamford, CT
A beautifully rendered etching with hand coloring depicting the skeleton of an elephant on a pedestal. A live elephant, foliage and huts in the background. French, 18th century by Georges Le Clerc...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Prints
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Set of Twelve 18th Century Zoological Engravings
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
A rare 18th Century set of 12 handcoloured copperplate engravings of Zoological studies, featuring primates of varying species. Each colourfully executed with a naive charm, and Lati...
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German Other Antique 18th Century Prints
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Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
Handcolored Engraving of Stonehenge: Pastoral Scene with Figures and Coach, 1784
Located in Langweer, NL
The print depicts Stonehenge, an iconic prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England.
The image is a south view of Stonehenge, featuring a detailed etching and engraving of t...
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Hand-Colored Engraving of African and Malagasy Grosbeaks and Ortolans, 1790
Located in Langweer, NL
This is anexquisite hand-colored copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from the *Histoire Naturelle*, part of the *Encyclopédie Méthodique*, published around 1790. The illustration ...
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1757 Engraving of Hudson Bay – Winter Encampment & Early Settler Cabin
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: 1757 Engraving of Hudson Bay – Winter Encampment & Early Settler Cabin
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This rare and historically significant 1757 antique copperplate engraving presents two...
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Antique Print of Longvek or Lavek the capital of Cambodia
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Eauweck Capitale du Camboye'. View of Longvek (or Lavek), capital of Cambodia. This print originates from 'Histoire générale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection...
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Antique Bird Print of the Passenger Pigeon or Wild Pigeon
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique bird print of, most likely, a passenger pigeon or wild pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius). This print originates from 'Natural History of Uncommon Birds' by George Edwa...
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Antique 18th Century Prints
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Antique Map of South America by J. Cook, 1775
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Kaart van het Zuidlyk Eind van Amerika'. Map of the sourthern part of South America, focusing on Cook's tracks around the Cape Horn and T...
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Antique 18th Century Prints
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English Hand-Colored Spencer Compton Artwork Coat of Arms in Gold Leaf Frame
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Custom framed art engraving that features a shield with heraldic symbols, supported by two dragons. This versatile artwork and can be displayed in any living room, office, or bedroom...
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English Antique 18th Century Prints
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Wood, Paper
Natural History Engravings Compilation: Illustrations of Fish Species, 1790
Located in Langweer, NL
This exquisite compilation showcases two engravings (not framed!) of various fish species from *Histoire Naturelle*, a significant 18th-century work on natural history. The engraving...
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Antique 18th Century Prints
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Dutch Antique Map of the West Coast of Africa, to the Cape of Good Hope, 1747
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map of the Coast of Africa titled 'Kaart van de West Kust van Afrika (..)'.
Map of the west coast of Africa, from 11 degrees south latitude to the Cape of Good Hope. This...
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Antique 18th Century Prints
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Ottoman Military Encampment – The Grand Vizier’s Tent, 1734 Engraving
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Ottoman Military Encampment – The Grand Vizier’s Tent, 1734 Engraving
Description: This rare 1734 copperplate engraving presents a detailed architectural depiction of *La Ten...
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Antique 18th Century Prints
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Ottoman Court Attendants and Soldiers – 1734 Print of Imperial Palace Figures
Located in Langweer, NL
Ottoman Court Attendants and Soldiers – 1734 Print of Imperial Palace Figures
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This finely executed copperplate engraving from 1734 presents four detailed portraits of f...
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Quetzalcoatl Worship and Hunting Deity – Rare 1734 Engraving of Aztec Rituals
Located in Langweer, NL
Quetzalcoatl Worship and Hunting Deity – Rare 1734 Engraving of Aztec Rituals
This finely detailed copperplate engraving from 1734 presents two theatrical interpretations of religio...
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Antique 18th Century Prints
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Funeral Rites and Burial of Inca Nobles – 1734 Engraving of Old Peruvian Customa
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Funeral Rites and Burial of Inca Nobles – Rare 1734 Engraving of Peruvian Customs
Description: This detailed 1734 copperplate engraving presents two dramatic scenes depicting...
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Mexican Gods and Priests – 1734 Engraving of Aztec Deities and Religious Ritual
Located in Langweer, NL
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Mexican Gods and Priests – 1734 Engraving of Aztec Deities and Religious Ritual
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This rare 1734 copperplate engraving presents four vivid representations of Aztec...
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The Ceremonies of the Low Mass – Complete Engraved Cycle in Three Plates, 1734
Located in Langweer, NL
The Ceremonies of the Low Mass – Complete 18th-Century Engraved Cycle in Three Plates
This rare and beautifully preserved set of three 18th-century copperplate engravings forms a co...
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Catholic Episcopal Rites – Rare 1734 Engraving of Bishop's Ceremonial Duties
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Catholic Episcopal Rites – Rare 1734 Engraving of Bishop's Ceremonial Duties
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This finely executed 18th-century copperplate engraving presents six distinct eccles...
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