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The Fire in the Old Town Hall of Amsterdam, 1652
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The fire in the Old Town Hall of Amsterdam and some adjacent buildings on 7 July 1652. To illustrate the old and new methods of fire-fighting. On the left, an attempt is made to extinguish the fire with buckets and ladders; on the right, the fire is fought with fire engines. With handwritten four-line inscription in Dutch and French and handwritten letters on the image. Later states (with the letter) are plate 3 in Jan van der Heyden's Fire Engine Book.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe brand in het Oude Stadhuis van Amsterdam, 1652. in or before 1690. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
