Fire in Westmaas, 1792, View of the severe fire in Westmaas as it appeared on the night between March 29 and 30, print, book illustration, Great fire in the village of Westmaas on the night of March 29 to 30, 1792. Below the oval illustration, a verse of six lines. In L. van Ollefen: De Nederlandsche city and village bescriber (1793)., printmaker: attributed to Anna Catharina Brouwer, Northern Netherlands, after drawing by Johannes van Diepenhuijsen (attributed to), 1792 - 1793, Attributed to, paper, etching, engraving, etching and engraving, height 220 mm x width 145 mm, on fire, ablaze, Period, 1792-03-29 - 1792-03-30, An oval engraving centered on a pale sheet shows a village scene with large swirling clouds and intense flames rising above rows of houses, silhouetted buildings that include a church with a tall steeple and various peaked roofs, small groups of people gathered in the foreground and along the street, some standing and some appearing to move toward the village, leafless...
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Fire in Westmaas, 1792, View of the severe fire in Westmaas as it appeared on the night between March 29 and 30, print, book illustration, Great fire in the village of Westmaas on the night of March 29 to 30, 1792. Below the oval illustration, a verse of six lines. In L. van Ollefen: De Nederlandsche city and village bescriber (1793)., printmaker: attributed to Anna Catharina Brouwer, Northern Netherlands, after drawing by Johannes van Diepenhuijsen (attributed to), 1792 - 1793, Attributed to, paper, etching, engraving, etching and engraving, height 220 mm x width 145 mm, on fire, ablaze, Period, 1792-03-29 - 1792-03-30, An oval engraving centered on a pale sheet shows a village scene with large swirling clouds and intense flames rising above rows of houses, silhouetted buildings that include a church with a tall steeple and various peaked roofs, small groups of people gathered in the foreground and along the street, some standing and some appearing to move toward the village, leafless trees on the left, a fence or row of trees near the church on the right, scattered small structures and carts, and the entire oval bordered by a thin dark line against the blank paper.

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Fire Westmaas 1792 View severe fire appeared night March 29 30 print book illustration Great fire village oval illustration verse six lines L van Ollefen De Nederlandsche city village bescriber 1793 printmaker attributed Anna Catharina Brouwer Northern Netherlands drawing Johannes van Diepenhuijsen 1792 - 1793 Attributed paper etching engraving height 220 mm x width 145 mm fire ablaze Period 1792-03-29 - 1792-03-30 oval centered pale sheet village scene large swirling clouds intense flames rising rows houses silhouetted buildings include church tall steeple various peaked roofs small groups people gathered foreground street standing appearing move leafless trees left fence row trees near right scattered small structures carts entire oval bordered thin dark line blank paper

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