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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Antique Print of the City of Tiencienwey ‘Tientsin, China’ by J. Nieuhof, 1666
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Tiencienwey'. This plate shows a view on the Chinese city of Tiencienwey or Tientsin. Also depicted are many ships. This print originates from a German edition ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Strix Ulula – Hand-Coloured Engraving of Short-Eared Owl with Eggs, 1770–1829
Located in Langweer, NL
Strix Ulula – Hand-Coloured Engraving of Short-Eared Owl with Eggs, 1770–1829 This fine hand-coloured engraving, titled Strix, Ulula, presents a detailed and lifelike depiction of a...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Paper

Old Decorative Highly Detailed Sea Chart of the North Dutch-German Coast, 1681
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Paskaart van een gedeelte van Vriesland, Groeninger, en Emderland. Met zyn onderhoorige Eylanden; Strekkende van't Eylant der Schelling'. Decorative and highly ...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Print of the Region of Batavia by Van Schley c.1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Carte des Environs de Batavia - Kaart van de Buitenstreeken van Batavia'. Map of Batavia and surroundings (Jakarta). This print originates from the Dutch editio...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Print of Japanese Modelling Kenzan by G. Audsley, 1884
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled print, Section VIII, plate VII. This chromolithograph depicts a mother and child, a specimen of Japanese modelling from the hand of Kenzan, who was born in Kioto. Detailed i...
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Antique Map of Batavia, Jakarta, Indonesia by P. Van Der Aa, 1719
Located in Langweer, NL
A small early 18th century black and white map of Batavia by the Dutch cartographer Pieter Van Der Aa. This map was first published in his 'Nouvel ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Original Antique Print of a New Way of Dressing or Schooling of Horses, ca.1740
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique horse print titled 'Parade du trot pour La Main Gauche'. Antique print depicting the schooling of horses. This print originates from 'Methode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser les Chevaux' by W. Cavendish. Artists and Engravers: Engraved by T. van Kessel.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Print of Japanese Carving in Ivory and Wood by G. Audsley, 1884
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled print, Section VIII, plate II. This chromolithograph depicts the famous archer Tamétamo and his sword-bearer. Detailed information about this print is available on request. ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Print of Water Nymph Clytia, Daughter of Oceanus, Turning into a Sunflower, 1733
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Clytie changée en Tournesol (..)'. This print depicts Clytia turning into a sunflower. Clytia (or Clytie) was a water nymph, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys ...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Italian Spolvero Rococo Print on Canvas with an Antique Frame
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian spolvero fresco pattern printed onto canvas and framed with an antique wood frame. Spolvero is an artistic method of transferring a design from a print to the p...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Canvas, Wood, Paper, Ash

Antique Portrait of the Mufti by Picart, circa 1725
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Le Moufti, ou Chef de la Loy'. Old print of the Mufti or Chief of the Law. A mufti is a Sunni Islamic scholar who is an interpreter or expounder of Islamic l...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Print with a Side View of the Royal Charles Vessel by Newton 1796
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Side View of the Royal Charles built 1673'. Original antique print with a side view of the 'Royal Charles' Vessel, built 1673. Engraved by Newton after Van de V...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Print of an Janizary from the Military Costume of Turkey, 1818
Located in Langweer, NL
This print is from 'The Military Costume of Turkey. Illustrated by A Series of Engravings. From Drawings made on the Spot. Dedicated by Permission to His Excellency the Minister of t...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Bird Print of the Nightingale by Sepp Nozeman, 1789
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Motacilla, Luscinia'. The common nightingale or simply nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), also known as rufous nightingale, is a small passerine bird best kno...
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Antique Bird Print of a Vulture by Sepp Nozeman, 1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Griffon Vulture Antique Dutch Bird Print by Sepp and Nozeman, c.1770 This large-format hand-coloured copper engraving, labeled Vultur Percnopterus, actually depicts the Eurasian Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus), rather than the smaller Egyptian Vulture...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Paper

Cartapesta policroma raffigurante la Deposizione di Cristo. XVII secolo
Located in Fidenza, IT
Carta pesta policroma raffigurante la Deposizione di Cristo con cornice in legno decorata coeva. Manifattura toscana del XVII secolo. L'opera mostra il corpo di Cristo morto sorrett...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Paint, Paper

Antique Print Showing an Ice Skating Scene to Illustrate Psalm 147, in Year 1731
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Quis sustinebit Domini frigus (..). This original antique print shows an ice skating scene to illustrate psalm 147: Who can withstand the cold? Originates from 'Physica Sacra...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Print of a Sitting Man with a Panflute by De Poilly c.1720
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print of a sitting man with a panflute. This print originates from 'Receuil de plusieurs figures d'academie' by Jean-Baptiste de Poilly. Published ci...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Uncommon Old Map of Lapland to Russia and Denmark to Kazan in the South, 1785
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique map titled 'Kaart van het Noorderdeel van Europa, Bevattende Deenmarken, Noorwegen, Zweden, Lapland en het Grootste Gedeelte van Europeesch Rusland.' This un...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Old Hand-Colored Bird Print of Two Eagles and an Eagle Claw, 1657
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique bird print of two eagles and an eagle claw. This print originates from 'Historiae Naturalis De Avibus Libri VI' by John Johnston, published by Matthias Merian in 1657. Artis...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Print of Tatarian Priests and Mendian Priests by Picart, c.1730
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Lamas Prêtres des Tartares - Prêtres Mendians de la Chine (..)'. Original antique print with two images on one plate. The first image shows Lamas, Tatarian prie...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Paper

Old Print of A Pedler in Indonesia with Wife and Children, 1744
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'A Negro Pedler with his wife.' - This plate shows a black skinned peddler and his wife, Indonesia. It originally accompanied J. Nieuhof's account of his 'Voya...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Bird Print of the Male Water Rail Sepp Nozeman, 1797
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‘Rallus Aquaticus, Mas'. This print depicts a male water rail (Dutch: waterral). The water rail (Rallus aquaticus) is a bird of the rail family which breeds ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Hand-Coloured Bird Print of the European Storm Petrel, 1797
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‘Procellaria Pelagica'. This print depicts the European Storm Petrel (Dutch: Stormzaluw). The European storm petrel, British storm petrel or just storm petre...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Bible Print of Pilate and Jesus by J. Luyken, 1743
Located in Langweer, NL
This print originates from ‘Biblia Sacra, dat is, de H. Schriftuer van het Oude, en het Nieuwe Testament, naer de laetste Roomsche keure der gemeine Latijnsche overzettinge, in neder...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Print of Surgical Instruments – Scissors, Scalpels Lancets, c.1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Print of Surgical Instruments – Scissors, Scalpels & Lancets, c.1760 Description: This fine antique print, titled “Chirurgie” (Surgery), dates to around 1760 and depicts an ...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Paper

Beautiful Hand-Colored Antique Bird Print of the Western Yellow Wagtail, 1789
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Motacilla, Flava'. This print depicts the Western yellow wagtail with nest and eggs (Dutch: gele kwikstaart). The western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) i...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Print of a Sea Otter, an Opossum, and a White Bear, c.1784
Located in Langweer, NL
Old print of animals discovered and described during the travels of Captain Cook at different continents. Published by Alex Hogg at The Kings Arms, no.16 Paternoster Row. All kinds of exotic animals were observed and depicted by the artists on the voyages, including these creatures from North America, Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) and the Arctic regions, (along with giraffes and hippopotamus in South Africa). Title: 1) A young sea otter...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Paper

Antique Print of the Ornaments in the Great Hall of the City Hall of Amsterdam
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print depicting the ornaments in the Great Hall of the city hall of Amsterdam. This print originates from 'Architecture, peinture et sculpture de la Maison de Ville d’Amsterd...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Engravings of an Australian Kangaroo and a Vari of Madagascar, c.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
Engraving by Rennoldson (18th Century British School) with nice decorative border. 1) A Remarkable Animal Found on One of the Hope Islands in Capt Cook's First Voyage. 2) The Va...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Map of Three Cities of China s Hubei and Hunan Provinces by Bellin, 1755
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Plans de Quelques villes de la province de Hou-Quang.' Three bird's-eye view plans of walled cities in what are now China's Hubei (Hou-Quang) and Hunan Provin...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Paper

A Historic View of Australia: Endeavour River, New Holland, 1773
Located in Langweer, NL
This historical print, titled "Vue de la Rivière d'Endeavour sur la Côte de la Nouvelle Hollande ou le Vaisseau fut mis à la bande," is a significant representation of the east coast of Australia during the late 18th century. Here's a description of this remarkable artwork: - **Title**: Vue de la Rivière d'Endeavour sur la Côte de la Nouvelle Hollande ou le Vaisseau fut mis à la bande. [Tome IV Pl. 1ère.] - **Publisher**: Captain James Cook, with publication in Paris in 1773. - **Coloring**: Uncolored. - **Size**: Approximately 200 x 340 mm (7.9 x 13.4 inches). - **Condition**: In very good condition, with some visible fold lines, which is common for antique prints of this age. - **Description**: This print is historically significant as it represents the first known landscape drawing of the east coast of Australia. It depicts a view of the Endeavour River on the coast of New Holland (now Australia), where Captain James Cook's ship, the Endeavour, was intentionally grounded to undergo repairs after sustaining damage on a reef. The print provides a glimpse into the early exploration and navigation of this region. - **Artist**: The engraving is drawn after Sydney Parkinson, a Scottish Quaker, botanical illustrator, and natural history artist. Parkinson accompanied Joseph Banks...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Print of Samboepo by Valentijn, 1726
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Samboepo in 't Verschiet'. Engraved view of the city of Samboepo (Makassar or Ujung Pandang) in Sulawesi with ships in the foreground. This print originates fro...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Paper

Late 18th Century Neoclassical French Fashion Engraving Print, François Boucher
Located in Miami, FL
Antique engraving prints, make a great gift! Fine crisp impression of great rarity; it is particularly unusual to find a 18th century color engraving print of this quality and condi...
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French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Frontispiece of De Graaven van Holland by Langendijk, 1745
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'De Graaven van Holland in Jaargedichten Beschreven'. Original frontispiece of 'De Graaven van Holland' by Pieter Langendijk. Published by J. Bosch, 1745. Art...
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Antique Print of Fish Species no. 449 by Valentijn 1726
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled print of various fish species from Indonesia. This print originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by F. Valentijn.
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Paper

Antique Set of Genealogy Charts of the Kings of Portugal by Chatelain, 1732
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Carte Genealogique des Rois de Portugal (..)'. Set of two prints featuring the genealogy of the Kings of Portugal and the different bran...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Print of the 6th Mughal Emperor by Valentijn 1726
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Sjeich Omar, Sesde Groote Mogol'. This print depicts Aurangzeb, the 6th Mughal Emperor. Text on verso. This print originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by ...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Print of Beverston Castle by Byrne, 1778
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'This View of Beverstone Castle (..)'. Original antique print showing a view of 'Beverstone' or 'Tetbury' Castle, a medieval stone ...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Rare Antique Frontispiece of a Work about Ancient Chandeliers, 1781
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique frontispiece of volume 3 of 'Manuale di varj ornamenti tratti dalle fabbriche, e frammenti antichi' by Carlo Antonini. This work contains a seri...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Bird Print of the Spotted Sandpiper by Sepp Nozeman, 1797
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Tringa, Macularia et Varia'. This print depicts the spotted sandpiper (Dutch: Amerikaanse oeverloper). The spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius) is a small sho...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Bird Print of the Lesser Whitethroat by Sepp Nozeman, 1789
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‘Motacilla (Ruborum) Cinerea'. This print depicts the lesser whitethroat with nest and eggs (Dutch: braamsluiper). The lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) is a c...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Bird Print of the Eurasian Wren by Sepp Nozeman, 1789
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Motacilla, Troglodytes'. This print depicts the Eurasian Wren with nest and eggs (Dutch: winterkoning). The Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) is a very small bird, and the only member of the wren family Troglodytidae found in Eurasia and Africa (Maghreb). In Anglophone Europe, it is commonly known simply as the wren. It was once lumped with Troglodytes hiemalis of eastern North America and Troglodytes pacificus of western North America as the winter wren...
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Antique Hand-colored Engraving of the Common Quail by Sepp Nozeman, 1789
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Tetrao, Coturnix'. This print depicts the common quail with nest and eggs (Dutch: kwartel). The common quail (Coturnix coturnix) or European quail is a small gr...
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Antique Portrait of Fernando Alvarez by P. Duflos, 1787
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Don Fernando Alvares'. Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba, GE, KOGF, GR (29 October 1507 – 11 December 1582), known as the Grand Duke of Alba in Spain and the Iron Duke in the Netherlands, was a Spanish noble...
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Original Hand-Colored Antique Bird Print of the Common Whitethroat, 1789
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Turdus, Calamoxenus'. This print depicts the common whitethroat with nest and eggs (Dutch: grasmus, in text 'rietvink'). The common whitethroat (Sylvia communis...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Print of Four Prisoners of the Inquisition by B. Picart, 1722
Located in Langweer, NL
This print originates from 'Naaukeurige beschryving der godtsdienst-plichten, kerk-zeden en gewoontens van alle volkeren der waereldt.', a Dutch edition or its French edition 'Ceremo...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Print of Inquisition Banners and Religious People by B. Picart, 1722
Located in Langweer, NL
This print originates from 'Naaukeurige beschryving der godtsdienst-plichten, kerk-zeden en gewoontens van alle volkeren der waereldt.', a Dutch edition or its French edition 'Ceremo...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Paper

Antique Bible Print the Final Judgement by J. Luyken, 1743
Located in Langweer, NL
This print originates from ‘Biblia Sacra, dat is, de H. Schriftuer van het Oude, en het Nieuwe Testament, naer de laetste Roomsche keure der gemeine Latijnsche overzettinge, in neder...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Print of Siam Temples by Van Schley c.1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled '1 Couvent de Talapoins. 2 Pagode de Siam. 3 Talapoin avec son Talapat'. Original antique print of various Siam temples, Thailand. 1 Convent of Buddhist monks. 2...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Medical Print Pl. XXXV by D. Diderot, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate XXXV: 'Chirurgie'. (Surgery.) This plate shows medical instruments / devices for childbirth like a forceps. This print originates from 'Encycl...
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Antique Print with Various Asian Scenes ‘Incl. Indonesia’ by C. De Bruin, 1728
Located in Langweer, NL
Rare print depicting six scenes titled 'Une Esclave Balienne, Une Esclave Balienne, Femme Mextietse, Homme Sauvage du Sud, Fruits Singuliers and Fruits Singuliers'. This print origin...
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Maurits, Prins van Oranje – Portrait of Prince Maurice of Orange c.1748
Located in Langweer, NL
Maurits, Prins van Oranje – Portrait of Prince Maurice of Orange c.1748 This antique print depicts Maurice, Prince of Orange, shown in half-length facing to the right. He wears orna...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Print of Merchant s Wife in Paris by Jefferys 1772
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Habit of a Merchants Wife of Paris in 1626'. Original antique print of a merchant's wife in Paris. This print originates from 'A Collection of the Dresses of Di...
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Antique Print of a Lady in France by Jefferys 1772
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Habit of a Lady of Quality of France'. Original antique print of a lady in France. This print originates from 'A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations ...
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Antique Print of Various Fishes and an Insect by Seligmann c.1768
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Der gesporrte Seehund (..)'. Original antique print of various fishes and an insect. Engraved by Johann Michael Seligmann after George Edwards. Published circa ...
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Antique Print of Flora Turning Limace Into a Slug by Volckamer c.1710
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print of Flora turning Limace into a slug. This print originates from 'Nurembergische Hesperides' by Johann Volckamer, published 1708-1714.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Antique Print of the Procession of a Newlywed by Van Schley 1749
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Procession dúne nouvelle Mariée qui se rend chez son Mari - Plegtige Staatsi van een Bruids, die naar 't Huiz haares Mans gevoerd word'. Procession of a newlywe...
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35CM Antique 17/18C Kraak Style Blue White Dutch Delftware Earthenware Charger
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Earthenware dish with a flat rim. Decorated in different shades of blue on a white tin glaze. Central scene of a group of figures in a garden scene. The border also with figures and ...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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Porcelain

Spotted Nutcracker – Antique Bird Engraving by Nozeman and Sepp, 1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Spotted Nutcracker – Antique Bird Engraving by Nozeman and Sepp, 1770 This antique hand-coloured engraving, titled Caryocatactes, depicts the Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocata...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art

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