THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE – LE CAP DE BONNE ESPERANCE

I. Van Ryne delin. Published according to Act of Parliament 1754 London, printed for Rob.t Sayer opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street.

Hand coloured engraving laid down on a backing sheet. Printed area 236 x 390 with very small margins, a very good copy.

Other versions are all in reverse with the same title.

Africana Museum Catalogue of Prints volume Two V14

Gordon Brown (Alfred) Pictorial Africana page234: Van Ryne 1712 – 1760. A Dutch artist , he was believed to have worked in London about 1752 -55 when he made an interesting engraving of Table Mountain and Table Bay, first published by Robert Sayer in 1754.