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WEST JAVA. Landbouwstatistiekkaart. West-Java. Batavia, Topografische Dienst, 1933. Coloured map of West Java. Ca. 65 x 76 cm. - (Folds strengthened). [Boeknr.: 36578 ]

€ 45,00

WEST, Benjamin. The death of General Wolfe. London, Woollett, Boydell & Ryland, 1776.Contemporary handcoloured engraving after Benjamin West by William Woollett. Ca. 47 x 59,5 cm. The Death of General Wolfe is a 1770 painting by Anglo-American artist Benjamin West (1738-1820), commemorating the 1759 Battle of Quebec, where General James Wolfe (1727-1759) died during his famous victory over the French at Quebec, which delivered Canada into the hands of the British, known as The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, also known as the Battle of Quebec. The painting, containing vivid suggestions of martyrdom, broke a standard rule of historical portraiture by featuring individuals who had not been present at the scene and dressed in modern, instead of classical, costumes. It depicts the general surrounded by his officers and a native American warrior, with ships in the background. Despite the fact that the painting is a more dramatized version of Wolfe's death than reality, West's work was groundbreaking for art of its time. Some consider the depiction of the Indigenous warrior in the painting, by kneeling with his chin on his fist and looking at General Wolfe an idealization inspired by the noble savage concept.The original heroic painting by Benjamin West of 1770 was an instant success and the engraving by William Woollett which followed was one of the most commercial successful prints ever published (Von Erffa & Staley, The paintings of Benjamin West, p.213). In death, General Wolfe gained fame as a national hero and became an icon of the Seven Years' War and British dominance in late eighteenth century North America. William Woollett's engraving was the best-known copy of West's original and It has become one of the best-known images in 18th-century art. - Mounted on linnen, occasionally faint rubbing, otherwise fine. [Boeknr.: 32289 ]

€ 1450,00

WHALING. - Reverse painting on glass of Jonah and the whale. With houses and a ship in the background. Late 18th century. Old frame. Ca. 28 x 37,5 cm. Reverse painting on glass is an art form consisting of applying paint to a piece of glass and then viewing the image by turning the glass over and looking through the glass at the image.The prophet Jonah or Jonas is especially legendary as the man who survived three days in the belly of a whale. - Some loss of paint but still an attractive picture. [Boeknr.: 36431 ]

€ 375,00

WHITE, Frank H. The tabernacle and its services. London, S W Partridge and Co, (ca. 1873).Original pictorial envelope with 12 chromolithographs embellished with gilt. The fine coloured plates show: The high priest of Israel in his robes 'glory & beauty', The high priest of Israel on the great day of atonement, The tabernacle in the wilderness, The altar of burnt offering, The laver, The scape goat the camp in the plain of Er Raheh mount Sinai (Horeb) , The table of shewbread, The altar of incense, The golden candlestick, The ark of the covenant, The golden framework of the tabernacle & the coverings, and The holy place. With booklet: Descriptive and expository notes on the tabernacle and the 'Vessels of the Ministry'. (16) pp. [Boeknr.: 38008 ]

€ 95,00

WORLD MAP. The world map. Compiled and drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society. Washington, The National Geographic Society, 1951. Coloured world map. Ca. 67 x 104 cm. [Boeknr.: 36590 ]

€ 45,00

ZOUTMAN, Johan Arnold. Plan van den zeeslag, tusschen de Engelsche scheepsmagt, onder den Adm. Parker, en het Hollandsch eskader, onder den Schout bij Nacht Zoutman, op den 5den augustus 1781, tusschen 9 en 10 uuren, wanneer de linie van gevegt nog niet gebroken was. (No pl., 1781).Broadsheet depicting a plan of the seabattle between the English and Dutch off the Danish coast. With decorative border. Ca. 19,5 x 25 cm. After the outbreak of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, in 1781 Zoutman was charged with escorting a convoy to the Baltic Sea. On August 5, he encountered a British squadron under Vice Admiral Hyde Parker. The subsequent Battle of the Dogger Bank ended in fact undecided. [Boeknr.: 35812 ]

€ 45,00

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