John Cawse
Het openen van de sluizen
Må man se det?
Ukendt: museet holder tæt
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Holland
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- Kilde
- Museets egne samlingsdata
Om værket
In August 1799, a joint British-Russian force invaded the province of North Holland. The purpose of their ‘Secret Expedition’ was destabilization of the Batavian Republic and the restoration of Stadtholder William V to power. However, expected reinforcements never arrived and the local population turned against the invading forces. Dutch women and frogs here open the sluices of a new defensive ‘water line’ and wash all the soldiers away.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Oplysninger
- Inventarnummer
- RP-P-1981-43
What it shows
Kilder
- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: the museum's own open data · hentet for 6 dage siden
- Billede: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam — public domain
