The Old Print Shop

Stralsund.

  • ARTIST: George Matthaus Seutter

  • MEDIUM: Handcolored engraving,

    DATE: c.1735.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 9 1/8 x 10 3/16" (231 x 258 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION:

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: A view of Stralsund, Germany, with a portion of the island of Rugen visible on the left. A list of prominent structures appears in the top left corner. One of the great 18th century German cartographic families was the Seutters. George Mattaus Seutter the elder was an apprentice to Johann B. Homann, (another great German cartographer who's style was a big influence), in the late 17th century. He left Homann and settled in Augsburg where he set up his own shop. Later joined by his son, Albrecht, who continued the firm in partnership with Tobias C. Lotter upon his fathers death.

  • CONDITION: Good condition and color.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps