Antique Print-WOMEN OF KAZEGUT-AFRICA-Prevost-Schley-1750

Price: € 29,50

Subject: Plate : 'Femmes de Kazegut en differens habits'. (Women of Kazegut in different costumes, Vrouwen van Kazegut in onderscheide gewaad.) This plate shows women from Kazegut, Africa

Condition: Fine. General age related toning. Please study scan carefully.

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

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 17.5 x 23 cm. The image size is ca. 14 x 20 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 6.8 x 9 inch. The image size is ca. 5.5 x 7.9 inch.

Part Number: 25159

Location: A199-14

Description: This original antique print is taken from 'Histoire des Voyages..', by Prevost ca. 1750. Engraving by Jan van Schley.

Artists and Engravers: Jan van Schley, Dutch engraver. Johan Nieuhoff (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.