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Application of the new fire hose lines, 1677
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with a large representation of the application of the new hose fire pumps invented by Jan and Nicolaes van der Heyden in extinguishing a fire in a building in an imaginary city. At the bottom four small representations of fires in houses and on a ship and a model of the pump. Hereby the legend A-M. Under the plate on the same sheet is printed a description in 2 columns with 2 poems of praise on the invention of Jan and Nicolaes van der Heyden. Belongs to the supplementary prints in the Fire Pump Book by Jan van der Heyden.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineToepassing van de nieuwe brandspuitslangen, 1677. 1675 - 1677. Daniël Stopendaal. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.