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Sheet with four scenes of the flood of 1825
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Sheet with four scenes of the flood of 1825

Karel Christiaan Fuchs · 1825 · etching; paper

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

About this work

Sheet with a title and four depictions of the flood of February 1825. Five small prints cut from a book and pasted onto a large sheet of paper. At the top the title, followed by the title print with a man sitting on the roof of his house in the water, the dike breach at Durgerdam, the arrival of refugees from North Holland at the Nieuwe Stadsherberg in Amsterdam, and finally the visit of the crown prince to the Almshouse where he holds a pregnant woman who has fallen ill in his arms.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineBlad met vier taferelen van de watersnood van 1825. 1825. Karel Christiaan Fuchs. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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