print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: Sheepshanks.5852
Description: A printer's press; the male figure at left holding a dabber; the one at centre working the press and the seated figure at right adjusting the type (?); used as an illustration to Samuel Ampzing, 'Beschryvinge ende Lof der Stad Haerlem in Holland', Haarlem: Rooman, 1628. Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Jan van de Velde II; After: Pieter Jansz. Saenredam; Published by: Adriaen Rooman
School/style
Production date: 1628
Production place: Published in: Haarlem
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 163 millimetres; Width: 124 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (427); Franken & van der Kellen 1883 / L'oeuvre gravé de Jan van de Velde II (168.488)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Illustration to: Samuel Ampzing; Illustration to: Petrus Scriverius
Associated places: Associated with: Haarlem
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Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1836
Acquisition notes: For the history of the acquisition of the Sheepshanks collection, please see Sheepshanks.1
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Sheepshanks.5852
Additional IDs: Other BM number: S.5852

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