Author: SPEYK, Jan Carel Josephus van.
Title: Tranen, toegeweid van alle ware Nederlanders, aan onze nooit te vergetene held, J.C.J. van Speijk, ridder der Militaire Willems Order, en Kommanadnt op de Kannoneerboot, No.2 voor Antwerpen.
Description: Amsterdam, J. Wendel en Zoon, (ca. 1831).Broadside with large woodcut depicting the explosion of a ship, letterpress in 4 columns and poem in 3 columns. Ca. 53 x 44,5 cmThe woodcut depicts the explosion of the Dutch warschip Alphen off Curaçao, signed Coldewijn. The printed text is dealing with Van Speyk. In Antwerp on the river Schelde, on February 5, 1831, Van Speyk' ship was boarded by revolution minded Belgians, who attempted to seize control. He fired his pistol into a barrel of gunpower setting off an enormous explosion, destroying the ship and killing dozens of people, himself included. Van Speyk became a great Dutch hero for his courageous, or crazy, actions. - A beautiful newsletter.Atlas van Stolk 6933; Cf. Muller, Historieplaten, 6623; not in De Vries, De lucht in gevlogen, de hemel in geprezen.

Keywords: Dutch maritime history prints prints maritime shipwrecks