Print, book-illustration, Jan van der Heyden, circa 1690

Plate 6 of supplement: fire-fighting demonstration at the cathedral in antwerp; view of the square in front of the cathedral with fire-fighters trying to fight a fire in one of the town houses in right foreground, pumps pumping water from a reservoir at left and connected with hoses to different fire-engines, a demonstration on the tower of the cathedral with a fire-engine place midway at the top of a staircase seen in cross-section; lettered a-d within composition indicating different locations; after a preparatory drawing by jan van der heyden; illustration to jan van der heyden's "beschryving der nieuwlijks uitgevonden en geoctrojeerde slang-brand-spuiten" (amsterdam: 1690-1735). C. 1690 etching. Date: circa 1690. Dimensions: Height: 255 mm; Width: 130 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Jan van der Heyden. Collection: British Museum. Print, book-illustration (BM 1849,0421.304)