Identification title(s): the destruction in delft after the explosion of the gunpowder magazine on october 12, 1654. Object type: print history print object number: rp-p-ob-81. 830. Catalog reference: fmh 2105-c. Note: appears before the letter. Fmh 14-a. Description: view of the destroyed streets and houses in delft after the explosion of the gunpowder magazine on october 12, 1654. Injured people sit and lie on the ground. On the left the old and new churches. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: simon fokke (mentioned on object), after a drawing by: simon fokke (mentioned on object), after a painting by: egbert lievensz. Van der poel. Place of manufacture: northern netherlands. Dating: 1754. Physical features: etching. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: plate edge: h 166 mm (cut off at the top, printed from a larger plate on which several scenes were shown) × w 203 mm explanation used as an illustration in: jan wagenaar, vaderlandsche historie, i. Tirion, amsterdam 1749-1759, 21 parts, vol. 12, p. 434/435. Subject: what: collapsing building gunpowder disaster. Delft thunderclap. When: 1654-10-12 - 1654-10-12. Where. Delft. Acquisition: purchase 1881. Date: 1754.
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