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Rubble at the Rapenburg after the Leiden disaster
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Rubble at the Rapenburg after the Leiden disaster

Joannes Bemme · 1807 - 1809 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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View of the Steenschuur, a canal in the extension of the Rapenburg, in Leiden after the disaster with the gunpowder ship. On the other side of the water the rubble of the destroyed houses. From the rubble bodies are still being recovered. In the foreground citizens and soldiers are busy helping the wounded.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printLeidenRapenburg (Leiden)SteenschuurBuskruitramp Leiden
Credit linePuinhopen aan het Rapenburg na de ramp van Leiden. 1807 - 1809. Joannes Bemme. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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