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Rochefort ville dont le port et l'arcenal sont considerables, Map of Rochefort, area plan, print, album page, This print is part of an album., printmaker, colorer (graphic design artist), The Hague, paper, engraving, hand coloring, hand colored, cut off within the plate edge and mounted in a hand-colored frame, height 208 mm x width 271 mm, height 532 mm x width 320 mm, Card used in: Fer, Nicolas de. Les forces de l'Europe. 8 parts. Paris: Nicolas de Fer, 1690-1695. Mortier, Pieter. Les forces de l'Europe. 10 parts. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, ca. 1700, maps of cities, Rochefort (France), A colored map section showing a fortified town with angular bastions and a grid of rectangular blocks filled in pale red, bordered by a green rampart and beige outer area, a river with blue water flowing along the lower edge, a compass rose near the top left, a boxed cartouche in pink at the upper right, small gardens and tree-filled plots rendered in green within the town, elongated red-roofed buildings near the river, narrow streets in cream between the blocks, a decorative scale bar near the riverbank, and a wide yellow border framing the entire image.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B23_391

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Rights managed

Available size

42.0Mb (7.4Mb) / 14.0in x 11.7in / 4205 x 3495 (300dpi)

Keywords

Rochefort ville dont le port et l'arcenal sont considerables Map area plan print album page part album printmaker colorer graphic design artist Hague paper engraving hand coloring hand colored cut off within plate edge mounted hand-colored frame height 208 mm x width 271 mm height 532 mm x 320 mm Card Fer Nicolas de Les forces de l'Europe 8 parts Paris Nicolas 1690-1695 Mortier Pieter 10 parts Amsterdam Pieter Mortier ca 1700 maps cities France colored map section showing fortified town angular bastions grid rectangular blocks filled pale red bordered green rampart beige outer area river blue water flowing lower edge compass rose near top left boxed cartouche pink upper right small gardens tree-filled plots rendered green within town elongated red-roofed buildings near narrow streets cream blocks decorative scale bar near riverbank wide yellow border framing entire image