Caption
The Town Hall of The Hague, View of the Old Town Hall in The Hague, print, book illustration, surrounded by various figures and a carriage., publisher: Jan Claesz ten Hoorn (possibly), Amsterdam, publisher: Johannes Ratelband (I) (possibly), 1711 - 1729, printmaker, paper, etching, engraving, height 173 mm x width 132 mm, Print also used in: Cretser, Gijsbert de. Description of The Hague, comprising its first rise, foundation, and pleasant situation (…) Attached is the Zeestraat on Scheveninge by Mr. van Zuylichem. 1st edition. Amsterdam: Jan ten Hoorn, 1711, and pleasant situation (…) Attached is the Zeestraat on Scheveninge, 1729., town hall, street (city(-scape) with figures, staffage), The Hague, Old Town Hall (The Hague), A detailed ink engraving shows a riverside city scene with classical buildings and a tall church tower topped by a cross, adjacent to a large ornate façade with statues on its roofline and arched windows, a balustraded terrace, and a projecting entrance; the foreground features a street with a horse-drawn carriage, several horses, and numerous people walking, talking, and interacting in period dress, including couples, a man leading a horse, and children running, while the distant background displays rows of low buildings along the water and a sky filled with horizontal clouds.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B34_097
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