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Capture of the Frozen Dutch War Fleet at Den Helder, 1795
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Capture of the Frozen Dutch War Fleet at Den Helder, 1795

Pauquet · 1795 - 1796 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Capture of the Dutch war fleet in Den Helder by hussars of the French cavalry under General Pichegru, 24 January 1795. Several warships frozen in the ice in the harbor. With a large group of riders on the ice, women and children on skates in the left foreground, packages and barrels of merchandise on the right.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVerovering van de ingevroren Nederlandse oorlogsvloot in Den Helder, 1795. 1795 - 1796. Pauquet. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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