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Application of the new fire hoses, 1677
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with a large depiction of the application of Jan van der Heyden and Jan van der Heyden the Younger's new hose fire engines in extinguishing a fire in a building in an imaginary city. At the top, two panels with titles in Dutch and French. At the bottom, four small depictions of fires in houses and on a ship, and a model of the pump. Accompanied by a legend A-M in Dutch and French. Below the plate, a description in four columns in Dutch and French. Part of the supplementary prints for Jan van der Heyden's Fire Engine Book. Subject heading within the Amsterdam Atlas: Municipal Works: A. Fire Brigade.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineToepassing van de nieuwe brandspuitslangen, 1677. 1677 - 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
