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Flood After Dike Breaks at the Major Rivers, 1740-1741
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Flood After Dike Breaks at the Major Rivers, 1740-1741

Jan Smit (II) · 1741 · letterpress printing; etching; paper

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

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Flood disaster after the breaking of the dikes at the major rivers between Arnhem and Culemborg, December 1740 - January 1741. Depiction of the area between the rivers with all villages and towns, in the foreground people and animals fleeing the water, but also many people in the water. In the clouds angels pour buckets over the land. On the sheet below the plate an explanation of the depiction with the legend A-S and 1-59.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printdike-breakGelderlandZuid-HollandWatersnood 24 december 1740
Credit lineWatersnood na dijkdoorbraken bij de grote rivieren, 1740-1741. 1741. Jan Smit (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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