Amsterdam, Dankers, J., Utrecht, Caramelli, Rotterdam, Oosterzee, Middelburg, Abrahams, Leiden, Schreuder, Den Haag, Bult, Den, The Hague, verso bottom center - stamped, Portrait of the Dutch gunboat commander Jan Carel Josephus van Speijk, who blew up his ship on February 5, 1831 after it had fallen into the hands of an angry mob of Antwerp residents. Below the portrait the explosion of the ship, in which Van Speijk, most of his crew and an unknown number of Belgians were killed. At the bottom a poem in praise of Van Speijk's heroic act., print, engraving, prints, engravings, Portrait of Jan Carel Josephus van Speijk, Offered to the Municipal Council of the City of Amsterdam, by the Undersigned as Publisher hereof, in compliance with the law of January 25, 1817, art. VI. - Amsterdam 26 January 1832 A. van Tetroode, recto margin bottom - handwritten, Printed at the printer's of me, the undersigned here - Amsterdam, 26 January 1832 J. Dankers, 365, recto left (pasted on in pen) and top right (in pencil) - handwritten, height 354 mm, width 265 mm, Sluyter, Dirk, Dutch, 1790-01-19 - 1852-06-17, print maker, printmaker, 1831 - 1831, paper, papier, etching, stippelwerk, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Clermans, J.B., after a design by, Stein, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Hoop jr., Adriaan van der, 1802-06-17 - 1841-11-04, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, Tetroode, Anthonius Johannes van, 1795 - 1875, publisher, Buffa & Co., printer

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