‘HET INSTORTEN VAN HUIZEN EN HET OMKOMEN VAN MENSCHEN EN BEESTEN TE ERICHEM, DOOR DEN WATERVLOED / L?ECROULEMENT DES MAISONS ET LA MORT DES HOMMES ET BESTIAUX A ERICHEM, PAR L?INONDATION.’

– Catastrophic flood scene: houses collapse in Erichem during the flood of January 1809. On the right, a family clings to the ruins of a collapsed farmhouse; on the left, people and animals struggle in the water, with a village and church in the distance.

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Description

Medium: Aquatint etching with hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Lettering C plus a heart image.

Sheet size: 69 x 53 cm (27.17 x 20.87 inch). Image size: 66 x 51 cm. (25.98 x 20.08 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Paper edges woth chipping and some small tears and minimal paper loss. Ghosting from previous framing. Strong colouring. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

FLOOD DISASTER, ERICHEM, 1809 INUNDATION, AQUATINT, ETCHING, DUTCH HISTORY PRINTS, KING LOUIS NAPOLEON, NETHERLANDS | EXPO-LARGE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by J. van Druenen and L. Zimmerman, Amsterdam; dedicated to King Louis Napoleon.

Reference: Muller III, 5757/4; FMH 5757-4; Atlas van Stolk 6123.

Biography engraver: J.A. Lutz / Loutz / Luts, Dutch printmaker active in Amsterdam c.1808-22, known for historical aquatints and etchings in aquatint.

Biography artist: G. Groeneveld, Dutch draughtsman active around 1809, known for producing designs of contemporary Dutch historical disasters and events.