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Remains of a rifle from Jan van Speijk’s gunboat
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This mangled, broken rifle is believed to have come from gunboat no. 2 of Van Speijk. Several months after the explosion, it was presented to King William I, who had the weapon added to his collections in the Koninklijk Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden (Royal Cabinet of Rarities).
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineRemains of a rifle from Jan van Speijk’s gunboat. before 1831. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
