Houses in Benin

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Houses in Benin

Anoniem / Anonymous / Bry, Johann Israël de / Parr, N.

Houses in Benin.

Houses in Benin, from de Bry, with their Executions & way of Riding.

This print has been copied from 'Indiae Orientalis' by the De Bry brothers.

The rendition here is probably not true to life.

Bottom left: No. 89.

Bottom right: Pl. 14. Vol. 3 p. 92.

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Is part of:

Benin City

Creator

Anoniem / Anonymous (publisher)

Bry, Johann Israël de (copied after)

Parr, N. (engraver / etcher)

Period

1745

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

26 x 19,5 cm26 x 19,5 cm

Number

3032 B 12, voor p. 92

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

survey / view, bird's-eye view / elevation, elevation / bird's-eye view, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, house, Asians, Africans & Americans, Person

Inscription

Houses in Benin, from de Bry, with their Executions & way of Riding

Sources and literature

Green, John, A New General Collection of Voyages and Travel:: Consisting: Of the most Esteemed Relations, which have been hitherto published in any Language: Comprehending every Thing remarkable in its Kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America [...] (1745 - 1747)