ANONYMOUS, At the city gate

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Engraving on wove paper (with watermark J Kool), sheet size ca. 210 x 165 mm., platemark 145 x 115 mm. One of the 76 etchings and engravings from 'Spiegel der natuur en School ter Teekenkunde, bevattende LXXVI afbeeldingen van landschappen, landsdouwen, watergezichten, enz. enz. […]', Amsterdam: Ed. Van Esveldt-Holtrop, [ca. 1830]. This publication contained a series of prints after various printmakers, including Silvestre, Perelle, Della Bella, Almeloveen, Van Schyndel, Visscher and Schenk.

A number of figures in the shade of a large tree just outside the city gate. A cart drawn by three horses is being led out of town.

In excellent condition.