View of the auditorium of the Amsterdam Theatre during the outbreak of fire on 11 May 1772. The fire started during the performance of the opera 'De Deserteur'. The audience flees in panic. Flames hit the auditorium on the left. Below the performance the title and a four-line verse in Dutch (left) and French (right). Part of a series of four prints with title print about the fire in the Amsterdam Schouwburg, Hall of the Amsterdam Theatre at the outbreak of the fire, 1772 Image of the fireplace, the fire in the Amsterdam Schouwburg, den 11den may, 1772 / Vuë de la salle du spectacle d'Amsterdam, pendant l'incendie, le 11e may, 1772, De vuur in de Amsterdamse Schouwburg, 1772 (series title)., print maker: Cornelis Bogerts, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Pieter Barbiers (I), (mentioned on object), publisher: Theodorus Crajenschot, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1772, paper, etching, engraving, h 261 mm × w 353 mm
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View, auditorium, Amsterdam Theatre, outbreak, fire, 11, 1772, fire started, performance, opera 'De Deserteur', audience flees, panic, Flames hit, auditorium, left, performance, title, four-line verse, Dutch, left, French, right, Part, series, four prints, title print, fire, Amsterdam Schouwburg, Hall, Amsterdam Theatre, outbreak, fire, 1772 Image, fireplace, fire, Amsterdam Schouwburg, den 11den, 1772 / Vuë de la salle du spectacle d'Amsterdam, pendant l'incendie, le 11e, 1772, De vuur, de Amsterdamse Schouwburg, 1772, series title, print maker, Cornelis Bogerts, mentioned, object, intermediary draughtsman, Pieter Barbiers, I, mentioned, object, publisher, Theodorus Crajenschot, mentioned, object, Amsterdam, 1772, paper, etching, engraving, h 261 mm × w 353 mm
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