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[Plate] Snack, J[ohan]

Stockholms Beurse.

Grav. På Borg Mäst: Sefströms Kostnad. J. Snack sc: 1782. Engraved by Snack in 1782. This is a later impression from the early 1800s. Plate mark 17 x 20,5 cm. The whole sheet 25 x 26 cm.Engraving

Fine condition.

A view of the Stockholm Stock Exchange. This plate was planned to be a part of the never published work "Holmia illustrata". It was engraved at the expense of the Mayor of Halmstad Erik C. Säfström. Snack was a talented engraver who learned his skills as a pupil to Per Floding and at the Art Academy. He died young, only 31 years old in 1787. Printed on Whatman paper.

Item No: 3263