[Antique print, etching] A Perspective View of the New Drawbridge Canal and Great Orphan House at The Hague a celebrated Town in Holland (Bierkade Den Haag), published 1782.

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View on the Bierkade in the center of The Hague (de Bierkade in Den Haag), the bridge over the canal in the foreground, a coach approaching from the left, boats in the middle distance. The great orphanage (het oude Weeshuis in het Spui) is visible in the distance, at center. In a nicely decorated frame.Titled in English at bottom: "A Perspective View of the New Drawbridge Canal and Great Orphan House at The HAGUE a celebrated Town in Holland." Inscribed at top: "Engraved for MILLAR'S New Complete & Universal SYSTEM of GEOGRAPHY." Signed at bottom: "Smith Sculp."Published in George Henry Millar's: "The new complete, authentic and universal system of Geography" from 1782. Etching with some engraving on light blue paper, hand colored, with some margins; plate mark: 210 x 307 mm, total: 252 x 400 mm; top right corner (margin) missing, some smudges along the margins, otherwise in great condition. Seller Inventory # PR120225

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