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(4) C. W. Mieling (active circa 1850-80) printer and publisher, after Auguste van Pers (1815-1871)

'Een Schutter'

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(4) C. W. Mieling (active circa 1850-80) printer and publisher, after Auguste van Pers (1815-1871)
'Een Schutter'
Lithograph, printed in colours, from Nederlandsch Oost-Indische Typen, by A. van Pers, published by C.W. Mieling, The Hague, [1853-62], captions in Dutch, Malay and French, and with English inscription in pen and ink, with wide margins, some minor surface dirt, some minor staining at margins, otherwise apparently in good condition, unexamined out of the frame
309 x 245 mm.
a framed and two unframed lithographs titled 'Wachthuis'; 'De Afrikaansche Soldaat'; 'Wisselaar', from the same publication (4)

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Lot Essay

Out of the total of 56 plates 16 were first printed with Lange & Co, Batavia, in 1851, including 'Een Schutter', 'Chineesche Rondventer', 'De Toppeng' and 'Waterdrager'. (Cf. literature: J. Bastin & B. Brommer, Nineteenth Century Prints of Indonesia, Utrecht, 1979, p.31)

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