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Title: [Antique print, etching] A Perspective View of the New Drawbridge Canal and Great Orphan House at The HAGUE a celebrated Town in Holland (Bierkade Den Haag), published 1782.
Description: View on the Bierkade in the center of The Hague (de Bierkade in Den Haag), the bridge over the canal in the foreground, a coach approaching from the left, boats in the middle distance. The great orphanage (het oude Weeshuis in het Spui) is visible in the distance, at center. In a nicely decorated frame.Titled in English at bottom: A Perspective View of the New Drawbridge Canal and Great Orphan House at The HAGUE a celebrated Town in Holland.Published in George Henry Millar's: The new complete, authentic and universal system of Geography from 1782. Etching with some engraving on paper; total: 234 x 369 mm; some smudges and light staining along the margins, otherwise very nice impression.

Keywords: the Hague|Topography & Travel