View of the Nassau fort at Mouri

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View of the Nassau fort at Mouri

Propheet, Hans

View of the Nassau fort at Mouri.

Title in the Leupe catalogue (NA): T'Fort Nassauw, leggende op de Cust van Africa N. N. West van u, 4 1/3 graedt.

t'fort: Nassauw, leggen: op de Cust van Africa n: n: oost van u 4 1/3 graedt.

Bottom left and bottom right: 782 [in pencil].

Japanese paper has been pasted along the edges.

In front of the lift bridge there is a gallows.

Several East Indiamen lie at anchor on the roadstead.

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Is part of:

Nassau, fort (Mouri, Ghana) Mouri

Creator

Propheet, Hans (draughtsman)

Period

1629

Material

paper

Technique

pen

Kind

drawing

Dimension

38,5 x 50,5 cm38,5 x 50,5 cm

Number

VEL0782

Owner

Nationaal Archief

Tags

fortification, survey / view, building, ship / vessel, anchorage / pier / harbour, factory / workshop, bazaar / market, tower, bridge, gate

Inscription

t'fort: Nassauw, leggen: op de Cust van Africa n: n: oost van u 4 1/3 graedt