Fireworks in honor of the coronation of William III and Mary II as King and Queen of Great Britain, 1689, Image of the art and bonfires lit in front of the Kleveniers Doelen, on the day of the Coronation in honor of her Royal Mayestites of Great Britain William and Maria tot Amsterdam den 21 april 1689, Show of bonfires and fireworks made through ye Englisch merchants in Amsterdam on ye coronation day of William ye 3 and Mary ye 2d king & queen of Great Brittagne France & Yerland, ye 21 April 1689 (title on object), Fireworks in honor of the coronation of William III and Mary II as King and Queen of Great Britain, April 21, 1689. Fireworks of the English merchants in Amsterdam set off from several ships on the water in front of the Kloveniersdoelen in Amsterdam. A fully loaded large barge in the front left fires a cannon and has a large flag that reads: For the Prot[es](tant) Religi[o](n] An(d) Liberty of England. Further in the front are four fully loaded rowing boats. Further on, near an equally loaded bridge near Staalstraat, the actual fireworks were shot off. The streets, windows and roofs are full of people and there are more boats in the water. On one of them, to the left of the fireworks, there are burning barrels, even further to the left is another bonfire., print, print maker: Adriaen Schoonebeek, (mentioned on object), publisher: Adriaen Schoonebeek, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1689, paper, etching, engraving, height, 393 mm × width, 525 mm
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