Author: SCHENK, LEONARDUS.
Title: Gesigt van den Vermaakelyken Overtoom Gelegen buyten de Leydsche Poort der Stad Amsterdam te sien naar de groote en kleyne Overhaal.
Description: Large etched and engraved view (uncoloured as issued) by Leonardus Schenk (1696-1767) after a drawing by Abraham Rademaker [55x96 cm. (total size)], printed from 2 plates on 2 sheets, with engraved title in Dutch and French, published by Leonardus Schenk, Amsterdam, ca. 1720. - In a modern neat frame. - Vague brown spot in upper left corner.Rare view of the Overtoom in Amsterdam West. Loose print from a series of 25 beautiful leaves with very detailed cityscapes of Amsterdam. These prints were originally only published in black and white. Coloured specimens have been hand-coloured later. - The overtoom shown here is named after the Overtoomse Vaart, a waterway filled in in 1904, that led to the overtoom between the Kostverlorenvaart and the river Schinkel, near the Amstelveenseweg. - An overtoom, named after this installation in Amsterdam, is an installation in which a ship is pulled overland from one water into another, with the aim of overcoming a difference in level. The overtoom can be seen as a predecessor of the lock. # Cat. R.W.P. de Vries (1925), 288. - Price includes the frame. Photo available on request.

Keywords: Originele grafiek / Originele grafiek / Topografie Originele grafiek / Topografie(Nederland) Originele grafiek / Topografie(Nederland)[Amsterdam] Amsterdam Overtoom Amsterdam West Originele grafiek / Originele grafiek / Topografie Originele grafiek / T