View of the Diest Gate in Batavia town.

Stade, E. van

View from the bridge at the Middelpunt (midpoint) building of the Diest Gate in Batavia town.

The Middelpunt building is built of stone and numbers two storeys. The building housed eight cannon and twenty troops, two or three corporals and a sergeant.

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Is part of:

Jakarta Middelpunt, fort (Batavia)

Creator

Stade, E. van (draughtsman)

Period

1709

Material

paper

Technique

pencil

Kind

drawing

Dimension

20 x 41,5 cm20 x 41,5 cm

Number

3440-8

Owner

Tropenmuseum / KIT

Inscription

In de Stadt Batavia A. 1709, 'T Gesigt van de Brugh, aan de Middelpunct, naer de Diest poort