From Librarium of The Hague, The Hague, Netherlands
AbeBooks Seller Since December 4, 2002
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Fine original 19th century tinted lithograph. Image size ca. 220 mm X 160 mm. Paper size ca. 315 mm X 240 mm. Artists' and Publisher's names printed below image. In overall very good condition. (Miniature triangular stamp just touching image area.) - - Several of the finest bronze cannon and mortar barrels which were captured in the East Indies by the soldiers of the First-, Second-, and Third Dutch Expedition Force (1846, 1847, and 1849 respectively) were brought to the Netherlands as a gift to the King. In 1880, the artists father and son van Looy made an elaborately detailed and delicately executed set of lithographs, drawn on stone, of practically the entire booty. The prints were pulled by the famous stone-lithographers firm of S. Lankhout & Co., of The Hague, and published in 1881 by Publisher Gouda Quint, of Arnhem. Beautifully decorative. Scarce. -. Seller Inventory # 2388
Bibliographic Details
Title: [ARTILLERY] Antique Bronze Cannons and ...
Publisher: Arnhem, Gouda Quint
Publication Date: 1881
Binding: Print
Illustrator: ~ [TEMPORARY REDUCTION SALE: 20-30% OFF THE REGULAR PRICE] ~
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