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C1669
A Negro Pedler with His Wife.
Artist:
Very rare first English Language Edition of this ‘dark skinned’ Indonesian couple and children, from Johannes Nieuhof (1618-1672) from ‘An Embassy from the East-India Company‘. Nieuhof was a steward on Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keizer ‘s of the … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
A Negro Pedler with His Wife.
Date:
C1669
Artist:
Condition:
Minor tears to top sheet edge, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
177mm
x 285mm
Paper Size:
197mm
x 315mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1669
Description:
Very rare first English Language Edition of this ‘dark skinned’ Indonesian couple and children, from Johannes Nieuhof (1618-1672) from ‘An Embassy from the East-India Company‘. Nieuhof was a steward on Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keizer ‘s of the embassy that the VOC (Dutch East India Company) had sent to the Emperor of China, the entire trip occupying the years 1655 to 1657. Nieuhof’s account was important as it was a unique source describing China and its peoples.
Johan Nieuhof (1618 - 1672)
Nieuhof worked for the VOC (Dutch East India Company) 1660 -1667 in India, Ceylon and Batavia until 1670. The VOC unsuccessfully tried to break the Portuguese monopoly on trade to Macau so they sent four embassies to Beijing between 1655 and 1685. As purser of the VOC-embassy to Peking Johan Nieuhof in 1655 had special instructions to observe all "farms, towns, palaces, rivers, ..." that he might pass by, drawing them "in straight form and figure". The pictures from these reports encouraged chinoiserie, which became especially popular in the 18th century.
