Sujet

View of the ruins...after the explosion of the powder ship on Jan 12, 1807, (1807-1809). Creator: Jan Willem Pieneman.

Légende

View of the ruins on the Rapenburg in Leiden after the explosion of the powder ship on January 12, 1807, (1807-1809). The ruins on the Steenchuur, a canal in the extension of the Rapenburg. A ship, the 'Delfs Welvaaren', carrying hundreds of barrels of black powder exploded in the town of Leiden in the Netherlands. The disaster killed 151 people and destroyed over 200 buildings in the town.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A88_152

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

47,3Mo (2,6Mo) / 39,0cm x 30,4cm / 4606 x 3590 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation Europe building buildings people destruction boat boats arts art bridge bridges museum Netherlands Dutch color structure damage damaged ruins ruin explosion canal war disaster century drawing catastrophe concept ruined aftermath watercolour salvage survivors Colour 19th century water transport Leiden gunpowder nineteenth century Leyden Napoleonic Wars Rijksmuseum South Holland TGN salvaging chalk Jan Willem Pieneman Pieneman Jan Willem paper Heritage Art Drawing Low Countries 19th-century watercolour (paint) black powder Leiden gunpowder disaster