Antique Print of the Overrun of Jan Van Speijk's Gunboat by Madou 'circa 1831'

Reference
BG-12515
Date
1831
Category
Engraving
Sheet size
51.5 x 62.0 cm (20.3 x 24.4 in)
Condition
Fair
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 1,000

Antique print titled 'Van Speyk 5 Febr: 1831'. Large antique print on chine collé, it shows the overrun of Jan van Speijk's gunboat by Belgian insurgents, 5 February 1831. Jan van Speijk is about to throw the burning fuse into the hold, pointing his right hand at the waving Dutch flag. On the right a boy jumps overboard. Engraved by Jean Baptiste Madou after a painting by Jacob Joseph Eckhout. Published circa 1831.

Where this sits in the catalogue


Bartele Gallery. Original antique maps, sea charts, engravings and works on paper. This is a plain text rendering of a page that is otherwise built in the browser. The catalogue index is at https://www.bartele.net/catalogue and machine readable notes are at https://www.bartele.net/llms.txt.