Two wives of Arab sailors, one with a child, about to join their husbands on board Portuguese ships. Etching by Johannes á Doetechum after Linschoten.

  • Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, 1563-1611.
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Two wives of Arab sailors, one with a child, about to join their husbands on board Portuguese ships. Etching by Johannes á Doetechum after Linschoten. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1 print : etching ; image 22 x 32 cm

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Naute Arabes quibus naves suas regendas Lusitani committunt in quibus cum uxoribus ut plurimum habitant. ... ... N. [?] H. Linschoten. Johannes á Doetechum fecit. Translation of lettering: Arab sailors to whom the Portuguese entrust the captaining of their ships, in which they generally live with their wives ...

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Wellcome Collection 35422i

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In the lettering, Linschoten's monogram appears to include an N, which, if correct, would rule out Jan Huygen van Linschoten (1563-1611)

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