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Use of the new fire hoses, 1677
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sheet with a large depiction of the application of the new hose fire engines of Jan van der Heyden and Jan van der Heyden the Younger in extinguishing a fire in a building in an imaginary city. At the top two canvases 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. Here the legend A-M in Dutch and French. Below the plate a text sheet is pasted with a description in 4 columns in Dutch and French. Belongs to the supplementary prints in the Fire Engine Book by Jan van der Heyden.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineToepassing van de nieuwe brandspuitslangen, 1677. 1677 - 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
