Grave monument for Jan van Speijk, 1831, Grave monument for Jan van Speijk, in the background on the right the jumping of Jan van Speijk's gunboat into the air on the Scheldt in front of Antwerp on February 5, 1831. At the grave a sailor with a flag and a naval officer with a laurel wreath, an orphan boy writes the inscription on the monument. On the left, the ghost of Van Speijk is hiding between the trees, shooting powder keg with his pistol., print, print maker: Ourang-Kang-Ki, (mentioned on object), after drawing by: Diponegoro, (mentioned on object), Batavia, (possibly), 1831, paper

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