Day two hundred and fifteen: This morning one of the curators asked the fellows (me and Brooks) if we could take a look at a Dutch book by Samuel Ampzing in praise of the city of Haarlem, and published in 1628. There are many engraved illustrations throughout the text, made by the notable printmakers like Pieter Saenredam and Jan van de Velde II. I spent the afternoon carefully paging through the fragile book, finding and noting all the printed pictures, measuring them, and writing down their inscriptions. Sitting back for a moment about half way through, I thought the study table with my pencil, magnifying glass, and papers, along with the book nestled in a pillow, would make a nice sketch. All that’s missing is the little tape measure and the spatula I use to turn the pages.
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