Grave monument for Jan van Speijk, 1831, Tomb of a hero (title on object), Grave monument for Jan van Speijk, in the right background the jumping into the air of Jan van Speijk's gunboat on the Scheldt near Antwerp on February 5, 1831. At the grave a sailor with a flag and a naval officer with a laurel wreath, an orphan boy writes the inscription on the monument. On the left, the ghost of Van Speijk is hiding between the trees, shooting powder keg with his pistol., print, print maker: Ourang-Kang-Ki, (mentioned on object), after drawing by: Diponegoro, (mentioned on object), publisher: François Joseph Weygand, (mentioned on object), print maker: Batavia, (possibly), after drawing by: Batavia, publisher: The Hague, 1831, paper, height, 233 mm × width, 307 mm
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