Map of Orléans, Orleans, area plan, print, album page, This print is part of an album., after design by Matthäus Merian (II), publisher: Caspar Merian, Frankfurt am Main, colorer (graphic design artist): Anna Beeck, The Hague, 1657, 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 186 mm x width 289 mm, height 532 mm x width 320 mm, A hand-colored map segment showing a fortified town with a geometric outline of walls and bastions surrounding a dense grid of streets and blocks filled with pink and red shading, pale beige streets, and small drawn crosses marking certain plots; green shaded ramparts and grassy areas line the inside of the fortifications, and a wide blue river runs along the lower edge with islands and a bridge connecting to a star-shaped fort on the far bank; beyond the walls are patchwork fields in muted greens, pinks, a...
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Map of Orléans, Orleans, area plan, print, album page, This print is part of an album., after design by Matthäus Merian (II), publisher: Caspar Merian, Frankfurt am Main, colorer (graphic design artist): Anna Beeck, The Hague, 1657, 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 186 mm x width 289 mm, height 532 mm x width 320 mm, A hand-colored map segment showing a fortified town with a geometric outline of walls and bastions surrounding a dense grid of streets and blocks filled with pink and red shading, pale beige streets, and small drawn crosses marking certain plots; green shaded ramparts and grassy areas line the inside of the fortifications, and a wide blue river runs along the lower edge with islands and a bridge connecting to a star-shaped fort on the far bank; beyond the walls are patchwork fields in muted greens, pinks, and beige, scattered small rectangular buildings in red, and a wide yellow border framing the top and bottom edges of the image.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B23_384

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34.7Mb (11.2Mb) / 13.2in x 10.2in / 3949 x 3067 (300dpi)

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Map Orléans Orleans area plan print album page part album design Matthäus Merian Ii publisher Caspar Merian Frankfurt am Main colorer graphic design artist Anna Beeck Hague 1657 printmaker Hessen paper engraving etching hand coloring hand colored cut inside plate edge mounted hand-colored frame height 186 mm x width 289 mm height 532 mm x 320 mm hand-colored map segment showing fortified town geometric outline walls bastions surrounding dense grid streets blocks filled pink red shading pale beige small drawn crosses marking certain plots green shaded ramparts grassy areas line inside fortifications wide blue river runs lower edge islands bridge connecting star-shaped fort far bank beyond patchwork fields muted greens pinks scattered small rectangular buildings red wide yellow border framing top bottom edges image

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