Natives of Holland, with their Diversions during the Winter Season. Engraved for Millar's New, Complete & Universal System of Geography.
Vanloo pinxt. Roberts sculp.
[London: A. Hogg, c.1782.]
Copper engraving, 285 x 170mm. 11¼ x 6¾".
Various winter activities on a frozen lake in the Low Countries; they include 'Kolf', an early form of golf with wooden clubs, and women being pulled across the ice on a sleigh. Tents and windmills in the distance. In distinctive decorative border, from George Henry Millar's 'The new and universal System of Geography, being a complete history and description of the whole world. ...' 1782.
[Ref: 16691] £140.00
[London: A. Hogg, c.1782.]
Copper engraving, 285 x 170mm. 11¼ x 6¾".
Various winter activities on a frozen lake in the Low Countries; they include 'Kolf', an early form of golf with wooden clubs, and women being pulled across the ice on a sleigh. Tents and windmills in the distance. In distinctive decorative border, from George Henry Millar's 'The new and universal System of Geography, being a complete history and description of the whole world. ...' 1782.
[Ref: 16691] £140.00