Portrait of Jan Carel Josephus van Speijk, Dirk Sluyter, after J.B. Clermans, after J. Stein, 1831, Portrait of the Dutch gunboat commander Jan Carel Josephus van Speijk, who detonated his ship on February 5, 1831, after it fell into the hands of an angry mob of Antwerpers. Below the portrait the explosion of the ship, which killed Van Speijk, most of his crew and an unknown number of Belgians. At the bottom a poem of praise for Van Speijk's heroic deed., print maker: Dirk Sluyter, (mentioned on object), J.B. Clermans, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: J. Stein, (mentioned on object), print maker: Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, publisher: Amsterdam, publisher: Amsterdam, publisher: The Hague, publisher: Leiden, publisher: Middelburg, publisher: Rotterdam, publisher: Utrecht, printer: Amsterdam, 1831, paper, etching, engraving, h 354 mm × w 265 mm
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