Plate on the title page for: Jan Fokke, Historie van den Amsterdamschen schouwburg, 1772, Allegorical plate on the title page with the Amsterdam city virgin sitting dejectedly on the ruins of the burned down Amsterdam theater, holding the burnt beehive. In the background the burning theater. In the clouds Apollo on Parnassus. Part of a group of illustrations about the fire in the Amsterdam Theater on May 11, 1772., print, print maker: Simon Fokke, (mentioned on object), after own design by: Simon Fokke, (mentioned on object), publisher: Gerrit Warnars, (mentioned on object), print maker

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