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Abbeville is a considerable city, capital of the County of Ponthieu, Map of Abbeville, area plan, print, album page, This print is part of an album., printmaker, colorer (graphic design artist), The Hague, paper, engraving, etching, hand coloring, etching and engraving, hand-colored, cut within the plate edge and pasted onto an album page within a hand-colored frame, height 211 mm x width 268 mm, height 532 mm x width 318 mm, This map was used in, among others: Les forces de l'Europe. Paris: Nicolas de Fer, 1690-1695, and in: Les forces de l'Europe. 10 vols. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, ca. 1700., maps of cities, Abbeville, A colored map fragment showing a fortified town with irregular star-shaped outer walls and bastions shaded in green and outlined in dark ink, an inner area filled with contiguous blocks of pink shapes representing buildings divided by white streets, and a river with dark blue winding channels flowing along and through the town. The surrounding landscape is pale beige with scattered small tree symbols and a few clusters of tiny pink building markers outside the walls, connected by faint beige roads. A decorative rectangular inset with a solid pink panel appears near the top left, and a round compass-like symbol with divided colored quadrants is visible near the top right. The map is bordered by a wide yellow margin and shows detailed pen-and-ink hatching and watercolor shading on fortifications, waterways, and terrain.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B23_400

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

34.9Mo (7.8Mo) / 32.4cm x 27.0cm / 3828 x 3186 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Abbeville considerable city capital County Ponthieu Map area plan print album page part album printmaker colorer graphic design artist Hague paper engraving etching hand coloring hand-colored cut within plate edge pasted album page within hand-colored frame height 211 mm x width 268 mm height 532 mm x 318 mm map was Les forces de l'Europe Paris Nicolas Fer 1690-1695 10 vols Amsterdam Pieter Mortier ca 1700 maps cities colored map fragment showing fortified town irregular star-shaped outer walls bastions shaded green outlined dark ink inner area filled contiguous blocks pink shapes representing buildings divided white streets river dark blue winding channels flowing town surrounding landscape pale beige scattered small tree symbols clusters tiny pink building markers outside walls connected faint beige roads decorative rectangular inset solid panel near top left round compass- symbol divided colored quadrants visible near top right map bordered wide yellow margin detailed pen- -ink hatching watercolor shading fortifications waterways terrain