Identification title(s): inhabitants of cartagena, 1726. Cartagena (title on object) les forces de l'europe, asia, afrique et amerique (. . ) comme also les cartes des côtes de france et d'espagne (serial title on object). Object type: print costume print serial number: 503/509object number: rp-p-ob-83. 036-265. Catalog reference: fmh 3034-c[ii]/503. Description: man and woman from cartagena, colombia, dressed in local costume, with the city in the background. Plate no. 503 in part xx of the print: les forces de l'europe, asia, afrique et amerique. Comme also les cartes des côtes de france et d'espagne from 1726, this second volume with 271 hand-numbered plates of renowned strong cities and fortresses in the context of the war of the spanish succession 1701-1713. Most of these plates have been copied from the anonymous french plates of renowned strong cities and fortresses: in les forces de l'europe and in: le theater de la guerre, dans les pays-bas, both originally published by nicolas de fer in paris (1693-1697) in the context of the nine years' war. Manufacture. Manufacturer: , print maker: carel allard (attributed to), after a print by: aldert meyer publisher: pieter van der aa (i). Place of manufacture: printmaker: amsterdam, publisher: leiden. Dating: 1726. Physical features: etching and engraving. Material: paper technique: etching / engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 178 mm × w 214 mm explanation reduced copy of the print by aldert meyer, used in: carel, allard, orbis habitabilis oppida et vestitus = des inhabited world cities and dragten, carel allard, amsterdam ca. 1685. Subject: what: folk costume, regional costume. Native peoples of south america. War of the spanish succession. When: 1701 - 1713. Where: cartagena. Acquisition: purchase 1881. Date: 1726.
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