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.

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1 print : etching ; image 22 x 32 cm

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 ...

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

Wellcome Collection 35422i