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A black and white copperplate engraving of the "Waag" (weigh house) on the Dam square in Amsterdam. The building is a large, symmetrical brick structure with three main levels and a steep hipped roof featuring three tiers of dormer windows and two weather vanes. Symmetrical exterior staircases lead up to a central landing on the first floor. The square in the foreground is bustling with figures in 17th-century dress, dogs, and a horse-drawn cart. In the background, gabled houses and the masts of ships are visible against a sky with large, billowing clouds.

WEIGH HOUSE, in the Square; between the Court and the Fish Market, the New Dyke, and the Cattle Street.

The WEIGH HOUSE, on the Dam, founded in the year 1561: having a soldiers' guardhouse above.