Caption

The dramatic effects of the storm surge of January 30 and 31, 1877 in the West Polder in the Dutch province of Groningen. People can be seen who have rescued themselves on makeshift rafts, the roofs of flooded farmhouses and on haystacks while everything around them is under water. In the center, a mother desperately raises her toddler up, Holland, illustration, reproduction from a 19th-century model. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown, historical, nostalgically colored

Date

Jun 19, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK26H31_147

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

93.1Mb (31.0Mb) / 23.9in x 15.2in / 7156 x 4548 (300dpi)

Keywords

underwater underwater photo no people black old-fashioned obsolete date past roof farmhouse house building history drawing Farmyard raft accurate flood thirty toddler child parent mother family water nature Benelux classic Europe illustration depiction mood dutch antiquity historic dramatic rural landscape center The Netherlands atmospheric dyed flooded desperate old restored contemporary nostalgia drawn retro despair european person colorized haystack contemporary history file authentic woodcut storm tide restoration Holland former nostalgic vintage marshland sketch printing method One Parent Groningen Province countryside polder replication Central Europe 19th century Historic illustration Wood engraving is under water colouring Westpolder underwater shot deserted oldfashioned outdated home structure farm precise flooding 30 infant kid mom waterfront open air classical representation atmosphere ancient times historical scenery centre Netherlands coloured despairing Retro style desperation Human being colourized real xylograph storm surge reconstruction marsh in the country Middle Europe nineteenth century Historical illustration nobody old fashioned antiquated construction cropping farm exact high water Benelux countries middle Kingdom of the Netherlands colored despaired People realistic woodprint alluvium Groningen reproduction 1900s outmoded out of date floodwater landscape photo in the centre genuine alluvial land replica copy underwater photos dates pasts roofs farmhouses houses buildings drawings rafts floods toddlers children parents mothers families waters illustrations depictions Altertum landscapes centers persons haystacks files woodcuts storm tides restorations formerly printing methods polders 19th-century Historic illustrations homes farms infans kids classically historically sceneries Netherland human reconstructions Historical illustrations constructions cropping farms alluvial replicas under water Underwater scene no one on black water flood Europe's depicting historical image history image history images central moody desperately oldest individual individuals restoration work vintage-styled mommy's representing humans landscape photograph landscape shot