JAN ROON POORT TOWER – Het Singel / Oude Leliestreet - J. Wagenaar 1760. Antique Copper Engraving

Original antique copper engraving.  Uncoloured.
“JAN-RODEN-POORTS-TOREN.”
Title in Dutch under the engraving.
From: Geschiedenis van Amsterdam by Jan Wagenaar
Published in 1760 - ' 65 by Isaak Tirion in Amsterdam, bookseller on the Kalverstraat near the Dam.
The top of the tower was made by Hendrick de Keyser. Under the bridge called Torensluis are cellars that were part of the in 1829 demolished tower called Jan Roodenpoortstoren. at the Oude Leliestraat.

Format engraving:
27,5 x 15,8 cm. (10,8 x 6,2 inches.)