Identification title(s): the covered road and the breaches in the coehoorn bastion view from the covered road, opposite the left face of the coehoorn bastion, showing the breaches in this face, in bergen op den zoom (title on object) ten views of the ruins after the siege and destruction of bergen op zoom in 1747 (series title). Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-83. 924. Catalog reference: fmh 3897-a/3, atlas van stolk 3705-3. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: visitors to the ruins of the covered road and the breaches in the coehoorn bastion, parts of the destroyed fortresses of bergen op zoom. Part of the series with ten views of the ruins after the siege and destruction of bergen op zoom by the french in june-september 1747. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: simon fokke (mentioned on object), after a drawing by: cornelis pronk (mentioned on object), publisher: arend fokke simonsz. (mentioned on item). Place of manufacture: northern netherlands. Dating: 1772. Material and technology. Physical characteristics: etching. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: plate edge: height 177 mm × width 265 mm explanation: muller indicates that the prints were made by simon fokke in 1772 after pronk's drawings from 1748. In the home collections in brabant (collections in brabant museums and archives), a design drawing (with inv. No. : bc-tha oai:tha. Uvt. Nl:709121) for a print in the series has been preserved with the annotation: hoogstraat. Sketched after life (sic) by c. Pronk 1748. Recorded by s. Fokke 1772. Subject: what: fortress, landscape with ruins, siege and capture of bergen op zoom (1747). When: 1747 - 1747. Where: bergen op zoom. Acquisition: purchase 1881. Date: 1772.
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