Author: Simon Fokke (1712-1784), after Hendrik Kobell (1751-1779)
Title: [Antique print, etching and engraving] The flood in Texel (vloed op Texel), published ca. 1776.
Description: Dike breach at Den Doel on the coast of Texel. Part of a group of illustrations of the floods in 1775.Titled below: 'GEZICHT VAN DE DYKBREUK, AAN DEN DOUK, OP TEXEL; IN DE OVERSTROOMING, DEN 15.den NOVEMB. 1775' Signed: 'H. Kobell ad Viv. del. / S. Fokke sculp.'Used as illustration in J.H. Hering's 'Bespiegeling over Neerlandsch waternood tusschen den XXIsten en XXIIsten november, MDCCLXXVI.' published in Amsterdam, by Loveringh en Allart in 1776. Etching and engraving on paper with margins; plate mark: 212 x 302 mm, total: 245 x 333 mm; state II/2; two vertical folding creases, some light smudges, otherwise in good condition. Muller 4302a.

Keywords: Dutch History|Frisia / Friesland|Rotterdam|Topography & Travel|Water