Design for a water fort on Batavia

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Design for a water fort on Batavia

Lusson, Laurent

Design for a water fort on Batavia.

Left of centre, below a soldier firing, bottom right a cannon.

Top left a sticker bearing the inscription Museum Bodellianum.

Please contact Bodel Nijenhuis / Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden for reuse and copyrights.

Is part of:

Jakarta Waterkasteel (Jakarta)

Creator

Lusson, Laurent (land surveyor / mapmaker)

Period

1778

Material

paper

Technique

coloured drawing

Kind

drawing

Dimension

48 × 69,5 cm48 × 69,5 cm

Number

COLLBN 002-09-026

Owner

Bodel Nijenhuis / Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden

Tags

cross-section / profile, fortification, compass / dial, building, art / object, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, Map/Chart/Plan

Inscription

Ontwerp van een nieuw Water-kasteel / door L. Lusson Vaandrig Ingenieur in dienst van de E.O. Indische Compagnie