Historical print plate with a central forest scene surrounded by small vignettes: a boat with spears, a hut, pottery, figures, and people gathered around a fire.

Vaderlandsche Historieplaten No. 1, Dutch historical engraving plate

A printed historical plate titled Vaderlandsche Historieplaten No. 1, with a central forest scene framed by smaller vignettes of figures in period dress, a boat with spears, a hut, pottery, and a group around a fire. The engraving is grayscale with light hand-coloring in the central panel.

Artist: Gerardus Johannes Bos (mentioned on object)
Date: 1859-1896
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 3282 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1896.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

19th century print pottery forest scene hut dutch history historical engraving