- A few vaguely visible foxed spots; two thin spots in sky area; doubled with Japanese paper.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXI.
- Formerly folded; sl. browned and w. a few spots/ sm. stains;
= The Utrecht archive holds a drawing attributed to Paulus van Liender, also depicting part of the Ganzenmarkt, and dated 1756 and a drawing attributed to Pieter van Lienden also depicting a part of the Oude Gracht and Ganzenmarkt with strangely enough almost the same folds (and of very similar size) (inv.nr. 30402). The archive also holds a drawing with the same composition as above, attributed to J. Versteegh (inv. nr. 35337). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXI.
- Small flaws. = Probably various draughst(wo)men from German/ Swiss school.
= Mostly anonymous or signature unread. I.a. a beach view by G. Visser (dated 1878), a forest view (prob. 17th cent., w. a doubtful attribution to A. Waterloo on verso), a few British views and a 19th cent. view of Morez (Jura, France).
- Trifle yellowed.
- Upper margin cut sl. unevenly; a few closed tears in lower margin.
AND an anomymous 19th cent. drawing of a man carrying a pack (brush and ink and watercolour).
- Browned and sl. foxed; laid down on mount.
- Professionally restored copy.
= The Netherlands Institute of Art History (RKD) identified the location from a Mesdag sketchbook with annotated drawings as the harbour of IJmuiden and from similar works dated June 1884. Cf. J. Poort, Hendrik Willem Mesdag (...): de schetsen, p.209, listing a sketch for the drawing. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXII.
- Brown offsetting from former passepartout.
- A few vague foxed spots. = On paper with a large pro patria watermark.
- Sm. imperfection in left margin. Otherwise fine.
- Frame cracked and chipped. Miniature fine.
- Tiny tear in lower margin just affecting the image.
- Lower left corner lacks piece w. loss of image.
- Slightly yellowed; a few foxed spots.