Framed and signed cartoon of former Dutch secretary of foreign affairs and for met secretary general of the NATO Mr. Joseph Luns. Released on the occasion of a working visit Size 69 x 54 cm including frame. There is some moisture damage in the lower right, not on the image. The frame shows some age.
Colored copper engraving, by Simon Fokke from 1753. This print was published in the Jan Landaar, Vaderlandsche Historie, Amsterdam 1749_1759, 21 volumes. Published by Isaac Tirion. The print is 19 x 16 cm in size and is in a passe partout. The total dimensions are 32 x 29 cm. The print is in good condition 1 small spot, the passe…
Steel engraving entitled Farewell to Charles I of His Children by Johannes Best, appeared in the Dutch museum from 1842. The image is 24 x 18 cm in size (excluding text). The print comes in a beautiful passe partout. The print is in good condition, but there is an (original) vertical fold on ¾ of the print.
Litho in passe partout, regarding the fall of the British cabinet under Asquith and its succession by Lloyd George. Initially published as an attachment to the Nieuwe Amsterdammer no. 102 of December 1916. Dimensions 46.5 x 30 cm, dimensions including passe partout 53.5 x 35.5 cm. In good condition, the bottom left corner is missing.
Crayon style engraving, made by William Baillie in June 1774, after Peter Paul Rubens. As the inscription along the base indicates, the drawing was made to commemorate a visit in 1636 of the Siamese ambassy who attended the court of King Charles the 1st. In the 18th century copies of important works were engraved and distributed to a wide audience.…
Portrait of Cornelis de Witt, bust in an oval frame directed to left, looking towards the viewer, with shoulder-length curling hair, moustache and a stiff, embroidered collar, swathed in a dark cloak, after Caspar Netscher. The inscription reads Natus An[n]o 1623.", "Sævo Furor Ore Trucidat." and "Mortuus An[n]o 1672.". Mezzotint made by William Baillie in 1774. The image is 21…
William Penn’s treaty with the Indians, when he founded the Province of Pensylvania in North America 1681. Engraving after the painting by Benjamin West, engraving by John Hall, published in 1775 by John Boydell. Image is 59 x 42,5 cm large mounted on acid free paper. Dimensions sheet 61,5 x 48. Condition, a tear in upper right corner, some paper…
