Demonstration of the serpent fire engines in the courtyard of the Exchange in Amsterdam, ca 1670-1680 Demonstration of the use of the fire engines hose by the pumping of water and on the tower of the Fair through spraying (about 1670-1680). Subsequent state (with the letter) is plate 23 in the reprint of the hose book by Jan van der Heyden from 1735. Manufacturer : printmaker Laurens Screen (attributed to) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1690-1702 and / or 1735 Material: paper Technique: etching / engra (printing process) Measurements: plate edge: h 245 mm × W 123 mmToelichtingLatere print
Demonstration of the serpent fire engines in the courtyard of the Exchange in Amsterdam, ca 1670-1680 Demonstration of the use of the fire engines hose by the pumping of water and on the tower of the Fair through spraying (about 1670-1680). Subsequent state (with the letter) is plate 23 in the reprint of the hose book by Jan van der Heyden from 1735. Manufacturer : printmaker Laurens Screen (attributed to) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1690-1702 and / or 1735 Material: paper Technique: etching / engra (printing process) Measurements: plate edge: h 245 mm × W 123 mmToelichtingLatere print condition is also used in: Heyden, Jan van der. Beschry invented der nieuwlyks and geoctrojeerde fire-hose-spraying and hers manner of fire-extinguishing, currently in use within Amsterdam (...). 2nd ed. Amsterdam heirs Jan van der Heyden, 1735. Subject: pump (fire-extinguishing equipment) Exchange Bours When: 1670 - 1735
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