Description Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Sheet size: 42.5 x 33 cm (16.73 x 12.99 inch). Image size: 24.2 x 20 cm. (9.53 x 7.87 inch). Condition: good, given age. Light creasing, foxing and soiling. Trimmed to the plate. Irregular paper edges. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. THEATRE, STAGE DESIGN, GOTHIC PALACE, MEDIEVAL INTERIOR, AMSTERDAM SCHOUWBURG, 18TH CENTURY THEATRE, ARCHITECTURAL DECOR | PCO-B9-26 BACKGROUND INFORMATION From the series Stage Designs of the New Amsterdam Schouwburg, 1787-1794. Used for stage performances depicting contemporary Dutch urban life. State: A proof ed. of just the stage, without the surrounding theatre and audience. Reference: FMH 4288-[b6]; Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-84.881. Biography engraver: Pieter Hendrik Jonxis (1757-1843) was a Dutch engraver active in the late 18th and early 19th century in the Northern Netherlands. He collaborated on large theatrical and architectural prints, including stage decor designs for the Amsterdam Schouwburg. Biography artist: Jan Bulthuis (1750-1801) was a Dutch draftsman and painter. Jan Gerard Waldorp (1740-1808) was a Dutch artist and museum curator. He received all paying visitors to the Nationale Kunst-Galerij in the Hague (1800-1805), one of the forerunners of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
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