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Siamese Landscape with People
Adolf van der Laan (mentioned on object), 1730
Clearly different motifs from earlier prints have here been combined to create a new scene. The elephant and the nobleman with the crouching enslaved man come from one travel account, while the woman and children are taken from another journal. The depiction of a nobleman and his family with an enslaved man affords a glimpse of the hierarchical structure of Siamese society
- Artwork typeprint, boekillustratie
- Object numberRP-P-1909-1649
- Dimensionsheight 152 mm x width 196 mm
- Physical characteristicsets