Identification title(s): attack on a castle. Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-50. 882. Xx. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 240 number, recto, handwriting in brown ink: '5' caption, recto, handwriting in brown ink: 'rebus in adversis * poteris vir fortis haberi'. Description: soldiers on horseback and on foot attack a castle. A group of soldiers tries to open the gate with a battering ram. The castle is defended by shooters from the castle wall. Large clouds of smoke to the left of the castle. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: simon fokke (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: amsterdam. Dating: 1759. Physical features: etching. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: plate edge: h 158 mm × w 103 mm. Subject: what: castle(military) attackbeing attacked; defense. Acquisition: transfer of management 1816. Date: 1759.
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