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Demonstration of the fire hose nozzles at the Town Hall on the Dam, ca. 1700
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with a large depiction of the application of the new fire hoses of Jan van der Heyden and Jan van der Heyden the Younger in extinguishing a fire in a building in an imaginary city. At the top two cloths with the titles in Dutch and French. At the bottom four small depictions of fires in houses and on a ship and a model of the pump. Hereby the legend A-M in Dutch and French. On the sheet under the plate is a text printed with a description in 4 columns in Dutch and French. Belongs to the supplementary prints in the Fire Hose Book of Jan van der Heyden.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineToepassing van de nieuwe brandspuitslangen, 1677. 1677 - 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
