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Fireworks on the Hofvijver to celebrate the victory at Vigo, 1702
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Fireworks celebrating the victory at Vigo, 1702. Detailed depiction of the fireworks set off by order of the States-General on a scaffold in the Hofvijver in The Hague on 13 December 1702. In the middle of the pond a scaffold with a temple of Mars decorated with eight depictions of victories of the allies over France and Spain in the year 1702, miniature ships depict the victory at Vigo. With title and legend A-H in Dutch and French.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineVuurwerk op de Hofvijver ter viering van de overwinning bij Vigo, 1702. 1702. Daniël Marot (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.