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Title: [Handcolored Opticaprent/Optical view The Hague/Den Haag] Gesight van de Heere Grast siende na get Besugden Hout (Herengracht na het Bezuidenhout), published ca. 1770.
Description: Optical print with a view of the Herengracht in The Hague (de Herengracht in Den Haag). This canal was filled in 1850, since then it has been an accessible street.  The print shows the busy road next to the canal, on which carriages ride around and people walk by. The print is colored in pastel-like tones.All the inscriptions have been cut out.[Gesight van de Heere Grast siende na get Besugden Hout / Vue du Heere-Gast du Cotte du Midy du Bois]. Hand colored etching and engraving on paper; total: 270 x 394 mm.; pasted down on light paper, traces of glue, some smudges but in good condition.

Keywords: Hand colored|the Hague|The Netherlands