Identification title(s): breakthrough of the rhine and ijssel dikes, 1754. Object type: drawing design object number: rp-t-00-1590. Catalog reference: fmh 4060-b. Description: flood after the breach of the river dikes along the rhine and the ijssel, january 1754. At the bottom two putti with a map of the river area between kampen and emmerich, at the top residents flee the flooded land with household goods and livestock. Design for a picture. Manufacture. Manufacturer: illustrator: simon fokke. Place of manufacture: northern netherlands. Date: 1754. Physical features: pencil and red chalk, pen and brush in gray, incised. Material: paper. Dimensions: h 163 mm × w 106 mm. Subject: what: dike-breakflood, high tide. When: 1754-01 - 1754-01. Acquisition: purchase 1881. Date: 1754.
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