Identification title(s): st. Eustatius. St. Eustatius. View of fort oranje, the crater, taken from the parsonage (title on object). West indies (series title on object). Views from the netherlands' west indies (series title). Object type: print object number: rp-p-1974-86. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark; verso, stamped: lugt 2228 collector's mark; verso, stamped: lugt 2760. Description: view of fort oranje in oranjestad on st. Eustatius. On the left in the distance is the volcano the quill (anglicization of the dutch name de kuil or de kwil). Print is part of a cover with seventeen pages. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: squire jacob eduard van heemskerck van beest (mentioned on object), after a drawing by: gerard voorduin (mentioned on object), printer: steendrukkerij de industrie (mentioned on object), publisher: frans buffa en zonen (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: printmaker: netherlands, after drawing by: amsterdam, printer: utrecht, publisher: amsterdam. Dating: 1860 - 1862. Material: paper technique: color lithography (process). Dimensions: sheet: h 489 mm × w 665 mm explanation according to the accompanying text section in a separate cover, this is the sixteenth print within the sheet metal 'views from the netherlands' west indies'. Subject: what: fortress, volcano. Where: st. Eustatius, oranjestad, fort oranje. Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1974. Date: between 1860 and 1862.
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