1655 Collection (page 2)

Daniel Heinsius
DANIEL HEINSIUS Dutch librarian, scholar and statesman Date: 1580 - 1655

LE SUEUR, Eustache (1617-1655). The Mass of St. Officiated by the abbot of Marmoutier, after of Rours. Oil on canvas

Changing nature of Chinese characters
Illustration to show the changing nature of Chinese characters, as imagined by the Dutch. From: An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces

Portrait of Johannes Nieuhof (1618-1672), From: Het gezandtschap der Ne견 andtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China Date: 1655

Dutch version of the Viceroy of Canton. The Old viceroy is sitting in front of his officials. From: Het gezandtschap der Ne견 andtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie

Boats in Canton harbour From: An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China Date: 1655

Qing Emperor Shunzhi
Portrait of The Great Cham Emperor Qing Emperor, Shunzhi (1638-1661). From: An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China Date: 1655

Chinese men and women labeled Rusticks From: An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China Date: 1655

Buddhist pagoda
Pagoda by Sinkicien, A Buddhist pagoda, with men, women and a Chinese junk in the foreground, houses and a walled city in the background

Tail-piece of the Dutch edition. From: Het gezandtschap der Ne견 andtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China Date: 1655

Old Viceroy of Canton
Ogilbys version of the Old Viceroy of Canton. From: An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China Date: 1655

A tea plant, and workers harvesting tea - China
A tea plant, and workers harvesting tea in China in 1655. From: An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China Date: 1655

Taoist and Buddhists priests, a Jesuit and a Confucian

Chinese women on a street in China From: An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China Date: 1655

Tail-piece of the French edition From: An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China Date: 1655

Inner court of the Imperial palace at Beijing, including figures of the Dutch Embassy, the Mongol embassy, and the Emperor and his guards

Northern Tartar Manchu woman, in a Chinese scolars studio. Calligraphy is on the wall, and she is standing in front of a desk, there is a vase with a landscape painting on it

Map of China, the route of the embassy is marked. From: An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China Date: 1655

Frontispiece Qing Emperor, Shunzhi
Frontispiece illustration featuring the Emperor of China (Qing Emperor, Shunzhi (1638-1661) and a globe surrounded by courtiers and prisoners

Dutch ships in stormy seas off the coast of China. From: Het gezandtschap der Ne견 andtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham

Church Stile House
The old Church Stile House at Cobham, Surrey, England, which was built in 1432 and restored in 1655. Date: 15th & 17th century

Tomb of Edward Spencer
EDWARD SPENCER The tomb of Edward Spencer in Great Brington Church, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1594 - 1655

Adrien Bourdoise
ADRIEN BOURDOISE French churchman and educator. Date: CIRCA 1583 - 1655

James Stuart / Richmond
James Stuart Duke of Richmond 4th Duke of Lennox Date: 1612 - 1655

Cyrano De B / Visits Moon
SAVINIEN DE CYRANO DE BERGERAC French writer visiting the moon, in a story combining science fantasy with political satire

Theodore De Mayerne
Sir Theodore Turquet de MAYERNE Swiss/English physician and chemist

Pope Innocens X
POPE INNOCENS X (Giovanni Battista Pamfili)

Pope Alexander VII
POPE ALEXANDER VII (Fabio Chigi)

Daniel Heinsius / Larmessi
DANIEL HEINSIUS Dutch philologist and poet

Pierre Gassendi / Mellan G
PIERRE GASSENDI French philosopher

Savinien De Cyrano / 1709
SAVINIEN DE CYRANO DE BERGERAC French poet and soldier, famous as a duellist

Ludwig Wilhelm / Fursten
LUDWIG WILHELM Margrave of Baden (1677-1707)

Andrada Leitao
FRANCISCO ANDRADA LEITAO Portuguese statesman, diplomat in England and the Netherlands

Jamaica Taken by Brits
Penn and Venables take Jamaica from the Spanish

Eustache Le Sueur 17C
EUSTACHE LE SUEUR French artist

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