Freeing some frozen merchant ships from the ice of the Noordhollands Canal near Purmerend, January 9, 1830. Groups of men are busy chopping large chunks from the ice around the sailing ships. On the ice and on the quays bystanders watch. On the left houses of the village of Purmerend. In the caption the names of the eight merchant vessels and their owners, Freeing some ships from the ice of the Noordhollands Kanaal, 1830 Presentation of the cutting loose of some merchant vessels: through the large Noord-Hollandsch canal, near Purmerend on den 9 Januarij 1830 (title on object), print maker

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