Caption

Cherbourg, Map of Cherbourg, area plan, print, album page, This print is part of an album., after drawing by Jacques Gomboust, publisher: Caspar Merian, Frankfurt am Main, colorer (graphic design artist): Anna Beeck, 1656, printmaker, colorer (graphic design artist), Hessen, paper, engraving, etching, hand coloring, etching and engraving, hand colored, cut inside the plate edge and mounted in a hand-colored frame, height 187 mm x width 284 mm, height 532 mm x width 318 mm, A colored map view showing a fortified coastal town with walls and bastions surrounded by water on one side and patchwork fields on the other, a harbor area with a curved pier jutting into the sea, clustered buildings with red roofs and green plots inside the fortifications, towers and gate structures along the walls, a central courtyard with a small church-like building with a blue roof, winding roads leading out to scattered houses and cultivated fields in pastel shades, a compass rose in the water, and a decorative yellow border around the map.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B23_366

License type

Rights managed

Available size

33.7Mb (9.0Mb) / 13.1in x 10.0in / 3940 x 2986 (300dpi)

Keywords

Cherbourg Map area plan print album page part album drawing Jacques Gomboust publisher Caspar Merian Frankfurt am Main colorer graphic design artist Anna Beeck 1656 printmaker Hessen paper engraving etching hand coloring hand colored cut inside plate edge mounted hand-colored frame height 187 mm x width 284 mm height 532 mm x 318 mm colored map view showing fortified coastal town walls bastions surrounded water side patchwork fields harbor area curved pier jutting sea clustered buildings red roofs green plots inside fortifications towers gate structures central courtyard small church- building blue roof winding roads leading scattered houses cultivated fields pastel shades compass rose decorative yellow border map