Title
Algeri.
Publication details
[about 1630]
Physical details
1 drawing : ink and watercolour ; sheet 28 x 42.8 cm
Description
Bird's-eye view of Algiers, with sailing ships moored in the harbour by the pier and the new fortifications in the foreground and city walls, castle, and fortresses beyond; houses among trees in the background. Annotated in brown ink at top left: 'Per Ca' Molin'.
Place
Algiers (Algeria)
Additional information
From a Venetian collection of Italian and Netherlandish manuscript plans of forts and military engagements bound in two volumes and produced for Marco and Domenico Molino (or Molin). The second volume includes some figure studies and portraits; a number of architectural drawings can also be found in both volumes. Formerly in the collection of Hans Sloane, who offered them to queen Caroline of Ansbach as a gift in 1735. Annotated on verso in brown ink: 'Dissegno di Tunesi, Biserta, et Algieri. [?]chi posseda Turchi corsari. Coloriti negro [crossed out]'.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.78.31.a.(vol.i.23.)