ANONYMOUS, Fortified house along a river

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Etching and engraving on wove paper, sheet size ca. 210 x 165 mm., platemark 178 x 96 mm. One of the 76 etchings and engravings from 'Spiegel der natuur en School ter Teekenkunde, bevattende LXXVI afbeeldingen van landschappen, landsdouwen, watergezichten, enz. enz. […]', Amsterdam: Ed. Van Esveldt-Holtrop, [ca. 1830]. This publication contained a series of prints after various printmakers, including Silvestre, Perelle, Della Bella, Almeloveen, Van Schyndel, Visscher and Schenk.

A wooden bridge over the river leads to the gate in the fortifications around a manor. Two figures with a dog in the foregorund.

In fair condition, the margins quite soiled, three perpendicular creases from the top to the bottom of the sheet. Two small nicks in the lower margin.