Boy selling Flowers in Rotterdam, Daffodil Baskets, Antique Print, 1817
€ 540
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1817
Mapmaker / artist
After Miss Semple
Publisher
Rudolph Ackermann, London
Technique
Copper Engraving
Coloring
Hand colored
Sheet size
38 × 28 cm (15.0 × 11.0 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-05524-20
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Light age toning; a small brown stain in the upper left margin; light handling wear to the corners and a few small chips along the left edge. Please see the images.
About this sheet
An original antique hand colored engraving after Miss Semple, lettered "Boy selling Flowers in the Streets of Rotterdam.", from The Costume of the Netherlands published by Rudolph Ackermann in London in 1817. A boy seen from behind, his face turned in profile, wears a black wide brimmed hat, a dark gray jacket and breeches, pale blue gray stockings and black buckled shoes. A wooden yoke rests across his shoulders, and from it on cords hang two round wicker baskets planted with spring flowers: yellow daffodils, blue and pink hyacinths, a red and yellow tulip and blue bell shaped blooms among long green leaves.
The engraved caption below the image reads "Boy selling Flowers in the Streets of Rotterdam." and beneath it runs the imprint "Publish'd March 1, 1817, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand.". The plate carries no engraver's signature, and the drawings for the whole series are credited on the title page to Miss Semple.
The plate belongs to The Costume of the Netherlands, published in London in 1817 by Rudolph Ackermann at his Repository of Arts, 101 Strand. The title page announces thirty colored engravings after drawings from nature by Miss Semple, with descriptions in English and French, and the plates carry imprints dated in the course of 1817. Each figure or group is set on a small washed patch of ground against the open paper, with the caption engraved in a copperplate script below. Ackermann (1764 to 1834), a German born publisher and print seller working in London, issued many illustrated books with hand colored plates, as well as the periodical The Repository of Arts.
A single plate suits a narrow frame with a generous mat, and several plates from the series hang well together as a group of Dutch street and household scenes.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
