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Nederlands: Gezicht op de Tijgersgracht te Batavia 
                     English:  View of the Tijgersgracht (Tiger's Canal) on Batavia
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Anna Goelet  (1634–1695)  wikidata:Q117319715
 
Description engraver, printer and publisher
Date of birth/death 1634 Edit this at Wikidata 1695 / before 18 January 1695
date QS:P,+1695-01-18T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1695-01-18T00:00:00Z/11
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Location of birth Amsterdam
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Amsterdam (1681–1682) Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q117319715
Nederlands: Weduwe van Jacob van Meurs (uitgever)
English: Weduwe van Jacob van Meurs (publisher)
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Nederlands: Gezicht op de Tijgersgracht te Batavia
English: View of the Tijgersgracht (Tiger's Canal) on Batavia
Description
Nederlands: Gezicht op de Tijgersgracht te Batavia.

de Tygers Graft op Batavia.

Middenonder: Tygers Graft.

Rechtsboven: 199.

De Tijgersgracht gold in het midden van de 17de eeuw als de fraaiste van de vijftien binnengrachten van Batavia. Langs de gracht stonden de huizen en gebouwen van de aanzienlijke families van de stad.

Vergelijk met de tekening van Johannes Rach uit de National Library of Indonesia, inv.nr. BW 11 en de ingekleurde gravure in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Atlas van der Hagen Deel 4, inv. nr. 1049B13_022
English: View of the Tijgersgracht on Batavia.

de Tygers Graft op Batavia.

Bottom centre: Tygers Graft.

Top right: 199.

In the mid-17th century the Tijgersgracht revelled in the reputation of being the most picturesque of Batavia's fifteen inner canals. Lining the canal were the houses and buildings of the leading families of the city.

Compare this with the drawing by Johannes Rach in the National Library of Indonesia, inv.nr. BW 11 and the polychrome engraving in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Atlas van der Hagen Part 4, inv. nr. 1049B13_022
Date circa 1682
date QS:P571,+1682-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
Nederlands: koperdruk op papier
English: copperplate printing on paper
Dimensions height: 36.5 cm (14.3 in); width: 28.5 cm (11.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,36.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,28.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1526131
Accession number
388 A 9 deel II, na p. 198
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de Tygers Graft op Batavia
Notes
English: Subjects: survey / view, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, house, Person, Asians & Africans, European, ship / vessel, bridge
Nederlands: Onderwerpen: overzicht / aanzicht, banderol / cartouche / versiering, huis / woonhuis, Persoon, Aziaten & Afrikanen, Europeanen, schip / vaartuig, brug
English: Post: this image is related to a VOC trading post called Jakarta
Source/Photographer Source at the Atlas of Mutual Heritage
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Object location6° 07′ 54.35″ S, 106° 48′ 43.48″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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