Een Onvermoeide Arbeid Komt Alles te Boden

Print symbolising surveying and navigation. The instruments include octant, cross-staff, globe, dividers, protractor, quadrant, astrolabe, surveyor's chain and telescope arranged around a column on top of a plinth showing some people pulling a stone slab up a hill with the aid of ropes and pulleys. The plith bears the motto 'Een onvermoeide arbeid komt alles te boven', which translates as 'indefatigable labour will overcome everything'.

Object Details

ID: ZBA4503
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Jacobz, G. Philips
Date made: 1779
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 239 x 176 mm