View of Fort Goede Hoop at Berku

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View of Fort Goede Hoop at Berku

Anoniem / Anonymous

View of Fort Goede Hoop at Berku.

Title in the Leupe catalogue (NA): Afbeelding van 't Fort d'Goede Hoop tot Bercoe.

't fort d'Goede Hoop tot Bercoe.

Numbered 347 top right, that is presumably the folio number in the volume.

Notes on reverse: overgekomen papieren Guinea 1706-1707 no. 8 [in pencil] / 346 [folio number in the volume ?] / No. 17 / N 518b.

Top right: 790 [in pencil].

Left in the foreground two Africans. Right on the water a vessel.

A sentry stands on duty at the gate.

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Goede Hoop, fort (Senya Beraku, Ghana) Senya Beraku

Creator

Anoniem / Anonymous (draughtsman)

Period

1706

Material

paper

Technique

pen

Kind

drawing

Dimension

31,5 x 40 cm31,5 x 40 cm

Number

VEL0790

Owner

Nationaal Archief

Tags

survey / view, fortification, building, Asians, Africans & Americans, ship / vessel, Person, gate, guard house / tollbooth, European

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