Gezicht op de stad Bombay, Robert Sayer, after Jan van Ryne, 1754

Title(s)

Gezicht op de stad Bombay
Bombay on the Malabar Coast belonging to the East India Company of England (title on object)
Nederzettingen van de VOC (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1932-442

Catalogue reference

• Sayer 2

Inscriptions / marks

• date

Description

Op de voorgrond de zee. Rechtsboven genummerd: 4.

Artist

• publisher: Robert Sayer (mentioned on object)
• print maker: anonymous
• after drawing by: Jan van Ryne (mentioned on object)

Place

publisher: London
print maker: England

Dating

1754

Material

• paper
• watercolor (paint)

Technique

etching / brush

Measurements

height 261 mm × width 404 mm

What

• city-view in general; 'veduta' (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)
• sea (seascape) (+ landscape with figures, staffage)
• sailing-ship, sailing-boat
• rowing-boat, canoe, etc.

Where

• Mumbai

Acquisition

unknown 1932

Copyright

Public domain

• Two hundred and six perspective views adapted to the diagonal mirrour or optical pillar machine, cat.nr. 2