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Fire in the National Naval Storehouse in Amsterdam, 1791, print, historical print, Great fire in the National Naval Storehouse in Amsterdam on July 6, 1791., printmaker: Reinier Vinkeles (I), Northern Netherlands, after drawing by Jacobus Buys, 1800, paper, etching, engraving, etching and engraving, proof print before the lettering, height 240 mm x width 160 mm, Used as illustration in: PA Loosjes. Vaderlandsche historie, vervattende de geschiedenissen, der Vereenigde Nederlanden, Ten onmiddelyken vervolge van Wagenaar's Vaderlandsche historie. Amsterdam: Johannes Allart, vol. 24 (1800)., on fire, ablaze, Fire in the National Naval Storehouse, Amsterdam, The National Naval Storehouse, Period, 1791-07-06, A crowded scene showing a large building engulfed in tall, bright flames that rise high into a dark, textured sky, with streams of water arcing toward the fire from boats on a body of water in front of the building; a tree stands to the right with dense foliage, and a dense group of people in period clothing fills the foreground, some holding poles or torches and others clustered around a stretcher or cart, all rendered in detailed, crosshatched black-and-white line work.
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