- Sl. yellowed. = Part of the series of 10 Seascapes. Hollstein 5, 3rd state of 3.
- Later handcoloured; paper sl. browned; under passepartout.
= Hollstein 4; cf. De Groot/ Vorstman 110-115; cat. Het rijk van Neptunus 33 a-c; Ackley 207-208. The 3rd and final state, with the name of the etcher and without the numbers on 7 etchings. One of only 10 prints the marine painter Backhuizen ever made, done when he was seventy years old.
- Tipped onto mount; brown spots in upper part; old owner's entry cut out.
Wyssenbach, R. (16th cent.). (A fantasy classical building). Woodcut, 19x25 cm.
- Right edge dam. and soiled, sl. affecting the image.
AND 3 other sm. woodcuts.
- A few foxed spots, one sl. worse; 3x trimmed outside the platemark, 1x trimmed to the image.
= According to Wurzbach part of a suite of 9. All 4 on 17th/ early 18th cent. laid paper. Wurzbach 1, 2, 3 ("Die rastende Herde am Venusbrunnen") and 8 ("Das Rendezvous zur Jagd"). With the collection marks of museum Boymans van Beuningen (Lugt 396b (bequest of H. M. Montauban van Swijndrecht (1841-1929)) and 700a (stamp indicating duplicates)).
- Flattened vertical fold. Without the accomp. text leaf.
= F.M. 4486: "Vuile spotprent op de prinsgezinden. Eene zaal, waar in het midden de Prins achter de deur staat en P. Wierdsma, een: Plan om Friesland onder 't juk te brengen aan de op den grond liggende en met vrouwenzadels bedekte heeren: van Hambroick en en Col. Plettenberg aanbiedt.(...) Met gefingeerd adres te 's Hage bij P.F. Gosse, en de namen Went en H.W. Plettenberg als teekenaar en graveur. Zeer zeldzaam. Hierbij "Beknopte verklaaring" (...) zijnde slechts een verdere vinnige ontleding, doch geenszins eene verklaring der prent."
- Slightly yellowed. = F.M. 5378.
"Plegtigheid van het overgeeven der vaandels enz. aan het exercitie genootschap Tot Nut Der Schuttery. te Amsterdam den 13 van Bloeymaand 1786." Engraving by N. VAN DER MEER JR., 43,5x50,5 cm., publ. by J. Sluytman van der Meer. - AND 4 other engravings, i.a. De eerwaardige Nederlander verdeelt zijn schatten (±1780. F.M. 4370; Atlas van Stolk 4322).
- Somewhat waterstained and soiled; margins cut short
AND 2 others similar showing other episodes in the year 1787 in the Netherlands: the Siege of Gorinchem and skirmishes at Amstelveen in September, 1787.
- Some offsetting from former passepartout.
= F.M. 4951a. In 1787 Prussian troops besieged Amsterdam to expel the patriotic troops. Rare view.
"'t Genootschap, Pro Patria; zo als het zig vertoonde in de Nieuwe Kerk, te Amsterdam, bij het ontfangen der geschenken op den 11 Februarij, 1786." Engraving by C. PHILIPS JACOBSZ. after J. BULTHUIS, 28,5x35 cm., Amst., W. Vermandel and J.W. Smit, under passepartout.
- Wide margins. = F.M. 4687a.
"'t Oranjegraeuw schiet hier den Prinsevlieger op, Bepakt met Juk en Hoed, 't vertreden Vryheidteeken (...)". Engraving, 26,8x20 cm., with letterpress verses headed: "Verklaring der bovenstaende prent" in 2 columns below image, 1784.
- Sm. spots repaired/ strengthened on verso; sl. soiled.
= F.M. 4579. Anti-orangist caricature in which the orangist figurehead Kaat Mossel is depicted with her cart full of mussels and described in the text below as "De Schulpteef".
AND 2 others.
- Middle fold; ample margins; sl. frayed. = F.M. 4981a; Atlas van Stolk 4899.
"Beëdiging van het regeerings-reglement der Stad Haarlem, op den 5den September 1787." Engr. view by J. DE WIT and P.H. JONXIS after W. HENDRIKS, 25,5x37 cm., w. remarque.
- Small restoration to upper margin. = F.M. 4909; Atlas van Stolk 4778.
- Slightly browned; sl. foxed.
= F.M. 4986a (chapter "Zinneprenten op het herstel des stadhouders", 1787): "De Oranjeboom, waaraan de portretten in medaillon van den Stadhouder, Gemalin en drie kinderen en onderaan die zijner vier voorouders, wordt door den Pruissischen adelaar beschermd."
- Most tipped onto paper mount; nevertheless fine. = F.M. 5407a.
AND a wedding certificate, dated "1799".
- Left edge w. sm. repairs; closed tear in lower part; vague horizontal central fold.
= Early impression. From the series Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Bartsch 89. With the collection stamps of the British Museum (Lugt 302 and 305 (stamp for duplicates)).
- Fine. = Hollstein 28, 1st state of 2. On thick laid paper with ample margins.
AND 4 other etchings by the same: A woman smoking (Hollstein 11, 2nd state of 3); The Smoker (Hollstein 13, 1st state of 3); Seated man with his hat in his right hand (Hollstein 17, 1st state of 2) and The Group at the fireplace (Hollstein 23, 1st state of 2).
- Two vague waterstains and a few vague foxed specks.
= Hollstein 29, probably the third and final state.
AND 1 other etching by the same, Three Peasants by a Fireplace (Hollstein 23).
- Sl. foxed; trimmed just outside the platemark; somewhat grey impression, more towards the left side.
= Rare. Pauli/ Hollstein 25. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVII.
- Trimmed on/ just within the borderline; sl. grey impression; laid down on later paper.
= Pauli/ Hollstein 24; New Hollstein 24, prob. 3rd state. With the collection's mark of Fürstlich Waldburg Wolfegg'sches Kupferstichkabinett (Lugt 2542). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVII.
- Fine; trimmed just outside the platemark. = Hollstein 81; Bartsch.77; Pauli 81. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVIII.
- Cut 2 mm outside the borderline; foxed; printed from a sl. dirty plate, causing sl. toning.
= Pauli/ Hollstein 92, 2nd state of 2.
- Trimmed on the border; trifle fingersoiled. Fine strong impression.
= Pauli / Hollstein 13, 3rd or 4th state of 4. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVIII.
- Upper left corner w. sm. chip; sl. fingersoiled and some foxing; trimmed on/ just outside the image.
= Pauli/ Hollstein 86, 3rd state of 3.