Allegory on Leiden's disaster, 1807, The city virgin of Leiden sitting writing about her disaster among the ruins after the gunpowder disaster in Leiden on January 12, 1807. She finds comfort in two Dutch men in Romanian clothing who point to the coat of arms of Leiden and show each other in friendship reach out. The All-Seeing Eye watches from heaven. At the bottom a four-line verse., print, print maker: Noach van der Meer (II), (mentioned on object), after design by: Johannes le Francq van Berkhey, (mentioned on object), Netherlands, 1807 - 1812, paper, etching, engraving, height, 174 mm × width, 110 mm
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Allegory, Leiden's disaster, 1807, city virgin, Leiden, sitting, writing, disaster, ruins, gunpowder disaster, January 12, finds comfort, two Dutch men, Romanian clothing, point, coat, arms, friendship reach, -Seeing Eye watches, heaven, bottom, four-line verse, print, print maker, Noach van der Meer, Ii, mentioned, object, design, Johannes le Francq van Berkhey, Netherlands, 1807 - 1812, paper, etching, engraving, height, 174 mm × width, 110 mm
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