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Admiralty Gate at Kerkplein 23 in Hoorn, photograph, annotation: 'N12 Gate Gasthuis, Hoorn, VI, 3 h', Hoorn (North Holland), 1870 - 1900, photographer, paper, pasteboard, albumen print, height 143 mm x width 101 mm, height 167 mm x width 108 mm, gate, entrance, Gasthuispoort (Hoorn)., A tall ornate brick doorway with a large dark double door set within an arched opening, framed by decorative stone pilasters and carved blocks, sits between two buildings; above the arch a horizontal stone lintel supports an elaborately carved brick and stone pediment with scrollwork, a central shield-like cartouche, and ornamental cresting, while tiled rooflines and partial façades of neighboring buildings are visible at the sides and narrow cobbled pavement leads up to the entrance, with the partial figure of a person standing at the far right edge.
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