Price: $5,750.00
SKU: 38951
ARTIST: Petrus Schenk
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving.
DATE: 1702. (1752)
EDITION SIZE: Image size 7 3/4 x 10 1/8" (19.8 x 25.7 cm).
DESCRIPTION: This scarce view depicts the Dutch village of New Amsterdam, aka, New York. <br><br> The Dutch first settled here in 1626 A fort was erected on the tip of the island to protect the fur trade of the Dutch East India Company. In 1664 the town was captured by the British and renamed New York, in honor of James, the Duke of York. During the Third Anglo-Dutch War, the Dutch recaptured the town in July 1673 and renamed it New Orange. However, after signing the Treaty of Westminster in November 1674, the Dutch ceded the city to the English who changed the name back to New York. The settlement is viewed from the harbor and is filled with numerous wooden buildings, a large church, a canal and a pier. The fort can be seen at far left and the wall of Wall Street at the far right. <br><br> The title is given in both Dutch and Latin and briefly references the history of the city: "New Amsterdam, a city in North America's New Holland, on the island Manhattan, newly renamed New York, and finally ceded to the English again." Schenk's view is copied from the "Restitutio" view, which can be found on maps by Allard, Ottens, Seutter, and Seller. This view appeared in Schenk's "Hecatompolis" or "Book of Town Views." This impression has the number "92" in the lower right margin, making in the 2nd state which appeared in "Afbeeldinge van een-Hondert der Voornaamste en sterkste Sleeden in Europa", published by J. Roman, Amsterdam, 1752.<br>
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Very good condition and color.
REFERENCE: Stokes, "Iconography" v. I, plate 15, pp. 220-221.
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