Author: Cornelis Bogerts (1745-1817), after Hendrik Keun (1738-1787)
Title: [Antique print, etching, oude prent kruit] Ruïne van de kruitmakkery de Munnik, by Purmerend den 14 September 1776. Gesprongen, published 1776.
Description: View of the ruins of the gunpowder factory De Munnik near Purmerend after the explosion on September 14, 1776. Some onlookers at the destroyed shed on a canal near a drawbridge.Titled below: 'Ruïne van de kruitmakkery de Munnik, by Purmerend den 14 September 1776. Gesprongen.'Signed: 'H. Keun ad. viv. del. / C. Bogerts fecit.' with the address of the publisher below: 'te Amsterdam by J. SMIT en Zoon.' Etching on paper with margins; plate mark: 298 x 411 mm, total: 357 x 472 mm; some minor tears along the margins, on the top reaching the plate mark, some smudges, otherwise in great condition. Muller 4313-b.

Keywords: Dutch History|fire|Firework|Topography & Travel|Trade