Title

Jan Leeghwater, Dutch mill builder and hydraulic engineer, 1608 (c1870). Artist: W Steelink

Caption

Jan Leeghwater, Dutch mill builder and hydraulic engineer 1608 (c1870). Leeghwater was responsible for begiining the process of the reclamation of land from the North Sea in the Netherlands. Beginning in 1607, he drained the Beemster polder, the first to be created using windmills. By 1635 three further polders had been drained under his supervision. A print from Nederlands Geschiedenis en Volksleven in Schetsen, by J Van Lenner and J Ter Gouw. (Leiden, AW Sijthoff, c1870).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1870

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C48_107

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (5,4Mb) / 18,1in x 10,8in / 5422 x 3236 (300dpi)

Keywords

building buildings people male working work job man men hat engineering engineer country guy costume occupation clothes Holland Netherlands Dutch dress windmill location century profession concept civil engineering drainage B&W MONOCHROME 17th century hydraulic civil engineer black & white black and white B W polders seventeenth century The Print Collector TGN engraving Jan Leeghwater land reclamation Jan J van Lenner Lenner J van J ter Gouw Gouw J ter W Steelink Gerrit Alexander Godart Filip Mollinger;Gerrit Mollinger;Alexander Mollinger;Mollinger Gerrit Alexander Godart Filip Leeghwater Steelink W J van Lenner J ter Gouw engraving