A snake catcher

Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius / Anoniem / Anonymous

A snake catcher.

The 'snake catcher' was a German soldier from the Jaffna garrison. In this print he captures a king cobra that ventured into the house of the governor.

Bottom left, in pen: Pambo.

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Is part of:

Jaffna

Creator

Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius (publisher)

Anoniem / Anonymous (engraver / etcher)

Period

ca. 1672

Material

paper

Technique

copperplate printing

Kind

Dimension

13 x 17 cm13 x 17 cm

Number

189 A 6 deel II, p. 102

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Sources and literature

Baldaeus, Philippus, Naauwkeurige beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel: Derzelver aangrenzende Ryken, en het machtige Eyland Ceylon (1672)

Silva, R.K. de en W.G.M. Beumer, Illustrations and Views of Dutch Ceylon 1602 - 1796 (1988)