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Elegy on the Leiden gunpowder explosion, 1807
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Elegy on the Leiden gunpowder explosion, 1807

Jacobus Wendel · 1807 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

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

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Page with a lament in 28 stanzas on the gunpowder explosion in Leiden on 12 January 1807. Text in four columns. At the top, three small woodcut illustrations, two of which are from Bible stories. Left: various scenes from Genesis; center: several men in a boat on a river; right: from the story of Judith and Holofernes.

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printLeidenBuskruitramp Leiden
Credit lineTreurzang op de Leidse buskruitramp, 1807. 1807. Jacobus Wendel. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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