print; broadside

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Object Type: print; broadside
Museum number: 1934,0217.78
Title: Object: Namurcum arx castr. invia, munitissima victa expugnata reddita .... Ao. MDCXCV
Description: Broadside on the catpture of Namur in 1695 by William III on two sheets joined together: the upper part with an etched composition showing the fort on a hill surrounded by its fortifications, and the besieging army in the foreground; the lower sheet in letterpress in four columns with a separate title and publication line (Amsterdam, Pieter Persoy, nd [1695])
Producer name: Print made by: Romeyn de Hooghe; Published by: Pieter Persoy
School/style
Production date: 1695
Production place: Published in: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Materials
Technique: etching; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 227 millimetres; Height: 518 millimetres; Width: 600 millimetres (etching); Width: 600 millimetres (sheet letterpress)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: See colored version in the Rijksmuseum, n. RP-P-OB-77.343.
Bibliographic references: Landwehr 1973 / Romeyn de Hooghe the etcher (185.I); Atlas van Stolk 1897 / Atlas van Stolk. Katalogus der Historie-, Spot- en Zinneprenten betrekkelijk de Geschiedenis van Nederland (2947); Muller 1863-1882 / De Nederlandsche Geschiedenis in Platen. Beredeneerde Beschrijving van Nederlandsche Historieplaten (2934)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Namur (town)
Associated events: Associated Event: Capture of Namur 1695
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1934
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1934,0217.78

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