Delivery of Mail Postcard
Printmaker: Geel, Joost van
A man on a riverbank, having climbed out of a rowboat, heading to deliver mail to the post house. Intended as part of a much larger composition, with ten scenes related to the postal service either side of a large map and two views top and bottom. A complete impression of the Postcard is in the Rotterdam City Archives and the Maritime Museum Rotterdam.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
17th Century#
Production date:
circa
AD 1666
Sheet trimmed, but before inscription in lower margin.
Accession number: 31.I.10-34
Primary reference Number: 307750
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 2 i/ii
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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