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Here you see the long siege that Deventer once endured / When the vile French rabble had taken firm hold in this city / Defended by the icy stream, and had stubbornly entrenched themselves
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Here you see the long siege that Deventer once endured / When the vile French rabble had taken firm hold in this city / Defended by the icy stream, and had stubbornly entrenched themselves

Mindermann & Co. · 1814 - 1848 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

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

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Sheet with 4 depictions of the arrival of the Cossacks at Deventer (the Siege of Deventer in 1814). Below each image a four-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 40.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printpopular printbattlewarfarethe soldierthe soldier's lifeDeventerTachtigjarige OorlogBeleg van Deventer (1814)
Credit lineHier ziet gij 't lang beleg; dat Deventer eens duldde / Toen 't snoode Fransch gespuis de maar de boosheid v[(...)] / Het wilde weêrstand biên en hadt in deze stadt, / Door de ijselstroom gedekt, hard. 1814 - 1848. Mindermann & Co.. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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