Identification title(s): view of gorinchem. Gorkum (title on object). Object type: picture book illustration object number: rp-p-ao-14-18. B-1. Description: view of gorinchem, the church and the rampart. In the foreground the river merwede with a hay barge and a number of sailing ships. On the shore some fishermen and a rider. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: abraham rademaker (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: amsterdam. Dating: 1725 - 1803. Material: paper technique: etching / engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 82 mm × w 113 mm. Explanation: print also used in: rademaker, abraham. Cabinet of dutch features and faces: contained in 300 art plates (…). 2 parts. Amsterdam: willem barents, 1725, vol. 2, ill. 157. After 1725, this print appeared in several reissues, published in 1727-1733, 1770-1771 and 1792-1803. It is impossible to determine exactly which edition the current copy comes from. Subject: what: prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of citycity-wallschurch (exterior), rowing-boat, canoe, etc. Fishermanwindmill. Where: gorinchem. Merwede. Acquisition: transfer of management 1887. Date: between 1725 and 1803.
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