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He is credited with being the first artist to work in aquatint (in 1768), and the present publication contains more than 70 plates in that manner. 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There is a record of the Kaiser Franz of Austria buying some albums from an English Consul-General Watts in 1826. We know of an Italian Count who visited Canton in 1828 and had over 350 paintings on pith in his baggage when he died in Ambon two years later. In the British Library there is a scrap-book containing six pith paintings and a journal entry by a serving British officer who sent them home from India in 1829. These examples and contemporary accounts by visitors to Canton suggest that there was a flourishing trade in pith paintings by the early 1830s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePith presumably came into use for painting to satisfy the increasing demand for small, inexpensive and easily transported souvenirs, following the massive growth in the China Trade in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. Paintings in oils, on board and canvas were costly and difficult to carry home. Earlier and more prestigious export water-colours had often been on a larger scale and painted on fine Chinese paper or on paper imported from Europe. The albums of pith paintings (and later the little glass-fronted boxes) were inexpensive, light, easy to pack and gave the pictures some protection on the long voyage home. Because many were sold in albums and hence protected from the light, they retain their bright colours to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePith comes from the central column of spongy cellular tissue in the stem of a small tree called Tetrapanax Papyrifera, native to south-west China. It has had a variety of uses, some going back many centuries. At the imperial court both men and women wore coloured flowers made from pith in their hair. For use in painting, it is cut by hand with a knife into thin sheets from short lengths of the spongy tissue. 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Chandler's drawings were mostly based on examples of camellia grown by at the nursery at Vauxhall run by his father. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Camellia was first introduced into Europe by Lord Petre in 1739, and the work includes Japanese, Chinese and English-bred varieties. Beautiful evergreen shrubs, sometimes growing into small trees, they are found in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalayas east to Japan and Indonesia. The best known species, albeit not necessarily known consciously, is the Camellia sinensis, the tea plant, of major commercial importance because tea is made from its leaves. While the finest teas are produced by \u003cem\u003eC. sinensis \u003c\/em\u003ethanks to millennia of selective breeding of this species, many other camellias can be used to produce a similar beverage. 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Amsterdam itself is accompanied by the cartouche inscribed \"\u003cem\u003econservat utramque\u003c\/em\u003e\" (\"she preserves both [land and sea]\") and personified at the top of the armorial plate, as well as further represented by both its coat of arms on the right and its seal on the left.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach name listed on the plate testifies to the brilliance of Amsterdam's cultural and political landscape during the Dutch Golden Age. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first coat of arms marks the momentous transition from Catholicism to Protestantism in Amsterdam, the most important trade center in Holland. The coat is that of Willem Bardesius and dates 1578. In May 1578 Bardesius led a bloodless coup, known as the \u003cem\u003eAlteratie\u003c\/em\u003e, in which Amsterdam joined the Protestant revolt and removed its Catholic civic council. 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It stands as a testament to the rich Dutch past of the city and as an exemplum for its future generations. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe plate belongs to the collection of the late Gustav Leonhardt. One of the greatest musical scholars and organ performers of the 20th century as well as a talented pianist, Leonhardt promoted primarily the study of harpsicord throughout his life as a professor at the Academy of Music in Vienna and later at the Amsterdam Conservatory. Central to Leonhardt's scholarship and performance pieces is Bach's oeuvre and the culture of the Baroque period. Leonhardt's fascination for this intellectually vibrant moment in the history of Northern Europe is certainly reflected in the selection of the present work for his private collection. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome distinguished families mentioned on the plate: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eWillem Bardesius (1578)\u003c\/u\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWillem Bardesius (Coat 1) was the chief organiser of the historic bloodless coup of May 1578, known as the \u003cem\u003eAlteratie\u003c\/em\u003e, which aligned Amsterdam with the rest of Holland in the Protestant revolt. With the\u003cem\u003e Alteratie\u003c\/em\u003e, the city government, historically Catholic, became primarily Calvinist with a minority of Catholic councillors serving in it (only 10 out of the new 36 councillors). With the coup, Willem Bardesius was elected city councillor and, together with Maarten Janszoon Coster (Coat 2), Reynier Cant (Coat 8) and Pieter Boom Corneliszoon (Coat 12) was one of the men who served the most in this public role during the decades following the \u003cem\u003eAlteratie\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eJoan Huydecoper (1651)\u003cbr\u003eJoan (Jan) Huydecoper (1673)\u003cbr\u003eJan Elias Huydecoper (1739)\u003cbr\u003eJan Huydecoper (1749):\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe political and commercial Huydecoper dynasty, synonymous with the prosperity of Amsterdam's Golden Age, is also represented here by several of its members. The eldest Joan Huydecoper (1599-1661) was the first in his family to become seriously involved with the city's political life. Huydecoper the elder served as city councillor once and six times as Mayor of Amsterdam. His political career progressed alongside his commercial successes in real estate and his interest in the arts. Huydecoper is remembered as the first man to have bought a painting by Rembrandt and is also portrayed in a civic guard portrait by the celebrated dutch artist Govert Flinck. This portrait is housed in the Amsterdams Historisch Museum. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eJacob Jacobszoon Hinlopen\u003c\/u\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNephew of Jan Jac. Hinlopen (1626-1666), the famous cloth merchant and art collector who patronised Rembrandt and his contemporary Gabriel Metsu.\u003cbr\u003eA portrait of the Hinlopen family by Metsu today hangs in the Gemaldegalerie in Berlin. The later Jan Jacobszoon (1644-1705), mentioned among the prominent citizens of Amsterdam, is remembered more specifically for being the owner of Rembrandt's Christ in the storm on the lake, one of the artist's most accomplished masterpieces. Jan Jac. Hinlopen's father, himself an avid art collector, had been directly involved with the posthumous selling of Rembrandt's possessions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eLouys Trip (and descendants): \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso prominently represented on the shield, the Trip family owed its success to trade and, having distinguished itself both financially and politically in the course of the 17th and 18th century, ascended to nobility in the early 19th century. The family is mostly remember for owning a palatial townhouse which later became the seat of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. The first member to receive mention on the plate is Louys Trip, whose portrait as a young man by Ferdinand Bol is celebrated to this day. Louys Trip's father, though not present on the plate, also reached his fame in posterity as the sitter for Rembrandt's well-known \u003cem\u003e\"Portrait of Jacob Trip\"\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003ePieter Hasselaer (1635):\u003c\/u\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProminent citizen of Amsterdam and one of the founders of the Dutch East India Company. During his lifetime he sailed across the globe and entertained relationships with many rulers in Europe, including Marie de Medici, Queen of France. His sons were equally prominent members of the community, with his son Pieter Pietersz serving 8 times as mayor of Amsterdam and his son Nicolaesz becoming captain-major of the civic guards. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eNicolaes Tulp (1654): \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003eNicolaes Tulp medical doctor and one time mayor of Amsterdam features on the plate. 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A fervent Zionist and admirer of Herzl's, Struck made his preparatory sketches for the portrait when he visited the political activist's house in Vienna. During the sixth Zionist Congress in Basel in August 1903, the two met again and on this occasion Herzl asked Struck to allow him to sign a few of the first copies of the etching.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStruck depicted Herzl's visionary side by giving us the impression that he is looking towards the future. Although Struck made two additional etchings of this portrait after Herzl's death, it is the 1903 version that has remained the most famous, and the most iconic of all the portraits of Theodor Herzl. Indeed, the image came to be one of the emblems of Zionism and has been used on various posters, products and catalogues ever since: 'Within a short period of time the etching became so well known that it emerged as a symbol of Zionism, especially after the death of the charismatic leader in 1904. It was then that the portrait won the respect of all the Zionist circles. By the time the State of Israel was founded, this portrait of Theodor Herzl was considered the epitome of Zionism itself. It decorated the walls of every Zionist event, anywhere' (\u003cem\u003eHermann Struck, Printmaking Artist\u003c\/em\u003e. Tefen Open Museum, 2007, p.38).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHermann Struck was a German-Israeli artist who gained fame for his etchings. He published a leading work on the subject, \u003cem\u003eDie Kunst des Radierens,\u003c\/em\u003e in 1908. He was commissioned to etch portraits of many leading figures of his time, including Einstein and Herzl. Struck acquired a reputation as a teacher of graphic art, and began to teach the techniques of the art print while still in Germany. Among his many students were Max Liebermann, Lovis Corinth, Marc Chagall, Jacob Steinhardt, and Joseph Budko. He moved to Haifa in 1922. 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