Memorial column at the 400th anniversary of the invention of printing by Coster, 1823, Memorial column. In Honor of Lourens Janszoon Koster, Inventor of the praiseworthy art of printing in the years 1420-1425, the fourth Centenary of which, by decision of the Most Honorable Government of the City of Haarlem, was solemnly celebrated there on the 10th and 11th of Hay Month 1823 (title on object), Allegorical monument at the celebration of the 400th anniversary on July 10-11 in 1823 of the invention of printing by Laurens Jansz. Coster in Haarlem in 1420-1425. Coster standing in front of a memorial column depicting a book printing company and the coat of arms of the city of Haarlem. On the right the Dutch Virgin and Religion. Religion offers a sacrifice on the altar of immortality. Furthermore, three putti and attributes of the liberal arts in the foreground. In the middle of the caption is an oval with the monument erected in 1823 in honor of Coster in the Haarlemmerhout. A separate statement accompanies the print., print, print maker: Dirk Sluyter, (mentioned on object), after design by: Haatje Pieters Oosterhuis, (mentioned on object), after drawing by: Haatje Pieters Oosterhuis, (mentioned on object), print maker: Netherlands, publisher: Amsterdam, 1823, paper, etching, engraving, height, 590 mm × width, 450 mm

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