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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.
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 church or palace in an imaginary city. In the foreground right a pump operated by 8 men. At the bottom of the sheet printed are the descriptions in Dutch and French. Belongs to the supplementary prints in the Fire Engine Book by Jan van der Heyden.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineGebruik van de nieuwe brandspuitslangen, 1677. 1677 - 1718. Joseph Mulder. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.