Antique Print of Orxma Castle by Van der Aa (1846)

Description: Antique print titled 'Orxma-State.' (Orxma Castle.) This Castle was situated in the province of Friesland in Menaldum. The castle was demolished in 1831. Well known occupants were the Van Juckema family and the Van Camstra family.

This delicate original old antique view originates from: 'Oud-Nederland in de uit vroegere dagen, overgeblevene Burgen en Kasteelen. Geschetst en afgebeeld, door Mr. C.P.E. Robide van de Aa.', published in Nijmegen by C.A. Vieweg, 1846. (Historic Netherlands and its remaining Castles.)

Artists and Engravers: The author of this work is Christianus Petrus Eliza Robide van der Aa (1791-1851), a Dutch lawyer/judge and writer. Most of the Lithographs in this work by several lithographers are after Johannes Francisciscus Christ (1790-1845), a painter from Nijmegen.