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Old Print of the Spinning House in Batavia, Nowadays Jakarta, Indonesia, 1682
Batavia is now Jakarta.
£325
$435 · €390
Original print, not a reproduction
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- Date
- 1682
- Sheet size
- 12.2 × 14.6 in (31 × 37 cm)
- Technique
- Engraved
- Condition
- Good. Image trimmed. Some wear, blank verso. Please study image carefully.
- Island
- Java
- Place names
- Batavia is now Jakarta
- Collection
- Towns and Landscapes
- Period
- The spice race, before 1700
- Stock no.
- f_29306672
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Antique print titled 'Spinhuys'. Engraving of the spinning house, a prison and workhouse, in Batavia, Indonesia. This print originates from 'Joan Nieuhofs Zee en lant-reize, door verscheide gewesten van Oostindien (..)'.
Artists and Engravers: Johan / Jan / Johannes Nieuhof / Nieuhoff / Neuhof (1618-1672) was a Dutch traveler who wrote about his journeys to Brazil, China and India. The most famous of these was a trip of 2,400 km from Canton to Peking in 1655-1657, which enabled him to become an authoritative Western writer on China. Johan Nieuhof was born in Uelsen, Germany, of which his father (originally from Zwolle) was mayor. Nieuhof left for Brazil in 1640 as a reserve officer-candidate, from then on, barring two short family visits in 1658 and 1671, he spent all the rest of his life abroad. After an adventurous career in the service of the Dutch East India Company (or VOC), between 1660 and 1667 he occupied posts in India and on Ceylon, he then lived in Batavia until 1670. He then disappeared without trace on Madagascar, traveling in a sloop from which he had landed to seek drinking water. The engravings are made after Nieuhoff's drawings.
Image size: 36 x 29.5 cm.
