Explosion of the Privateer Dappere Patriot, 1781 - Dirk de Jong
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Original antique 1781 engraving of the blowing up of the Dutch privateer of The Hague "De Dappere Patriot", which went up with her whole crew while engaging a British ship on the morning of Tuesday 14 August 1781, during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War.
Original antique 1781 engraving of the blowing up of the Dutch privateer of The Hague "De Dappere Patriot", which went up with her whole crew while engaging a British ship on the morning of Tuesday 14 August 1781, during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War.
Drawn and engraved by Dirk de Jong in the same year as the events, with a long dedication at the foot to Jacques Bergeon, banker and lawyer in The Hague, and to the other Dutch patriots. A patriotic propaganda print, published hot on the news.
Medium: Copper engraving (etching and burin)
Artist and engraver: Dirk de Jong
Date: 1781
Dimensions: 11.0 x 7.9 in (28 x 20 cm)
Condition: Good. Toned laid paper with wide margins; a very sharp impression in the blacks of the smoke and the sea.
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Original antique 1781 engraving of the blowing up of the Dutch privateer of The Hague "De Dappere Patriot", which went up with her whole crew while engaging a British ship on the morning of Tuesday 14 August 1781, during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War.