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Title page for: Dutch flood of the year 1740 and 1741
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Title page for: Dutch flood of the year 1740 and 1741

Jan Caspar Philips · 1741 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Title page for: Dutch water disaster of the year 1740 and 1741. A yacht sails over the flooded land and past drowned villages during the flood after the breaking of the dikes, December 1740 - January 1741. In an allegorical frame with Fame and four river gods.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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titelpaginaprintdike-breakWatersnood 24 december 1740
Credit lineTitelpagina voor: Nederlands water-nood van den jaare MDCCXL en MDCCXLI. 1741. Jan Caspar Philips. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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