Antique Print-ENTERTAINMENT-BENGAL-INDIA-Schouten-1708

Subject: Plate: 'Seltsame actien van sommige tijtverdrijvers in Bengalen gesien.' (Rare actions of some entertainers as seen in the Bengal Kingdom.) In January 1664 in the Bengal Kingdom, present day India and Bangla-Desh.

Condition: Fine, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional light stains from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Original etching/engraving on a verge type hand laid paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 19 x 24.5 cm. The image size is ca. 15 x 19.5 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 7.5 x 9.6 inch. The image size is ca. 5.9 x 7.7 inch.

Part Number: 11428

Location: XXX-A2-34

Description: This very scarse attractive original old antique print / plate / etching / engraving originates from: 'Wouter Schoutens, Reys-Togten naar en door Oost-Indien ...' (Wouter Schoutens travels into the East Indies), 2nd. edition, published by Andries van Damme, Amsterdam, 1708.

Artists and Engravers: Wouter Schouten (1638-1704) joined the Dutch VOC as a surgeon on an adventureous expedition to the East Indies during the years 1658-1665. In 1660 he was present at the Dutch siege of Makassar (in Sulawesi) and he participated in the campaigns of Rucklof van Goens along the Malabar coast. He also visited Bengal, Arakan, Colombo, Sumatra, the Moluccas, and Ambonia. Etchings by C. Decker and J. Kip.