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Identification and Creation

Object Number
7.2000
People
Attributed to Jan van der Heyden, Dutch (Gorkum 1637 - 1712 Amsterdam)
Title
Announcement and Instructions on the Use of the Small Firehose and Garden Spouts...useful to save country houses from fire, and the means by which dry gardens, plants, and foliage, [can be] watered.
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Beright en instructie, op't gebruik der kleine Slang-Brand en Tuin-Spuitjes, zo in Ongeval van Brand als om de Plantagien te besproeijn.
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1700
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/186971

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching with letterpress
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 23.5 x 26.5 cm (9 1/4 x 10 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Jan van der Heide der Jonge
  • legend: below the image, printer's ink, engraving, Dutch and French: A description of the virtues of the equipment
  • inscription: below the image, printer's ink, letterpress, Dutch: Detailed instructions for the use of the equipment, keyed with letters to elements in the image above.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
not in H.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan in memory of Lois Orswell
Object Number
7.2000
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Broadside

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