Jacob van Meurs

Jacob van Meurs in the archive

Periods & movements

17th Century

Genres

Illustration

Cultures

Dutch

Key works by Jacob van Meurs

1. Plate L: Fireballs shot from a mortar: crackers: military hand grenades: military mortar-fired grenades: military grenade parts and instruments (1650)
2. Plate H: Rockets mounted without sticks: water rockets: rockets mounted to lines (1650)
3. Plate F: Tools and techniques for choking and preparing rockets for their chargers (1650)
4. Plate I: Devices to hang sky rockets: fireballs that float on water (1650)
5. Plate E: Rocket and cracker molds: instruments for charging rocket cases: tools and techniques for choking rocket cases (1650)
6. Plate N: Patterns for cutting military fireball bags: manners of sewing military fireball bags…. (1650)
7. Plate Q: Pyrotechnic set piece of a dragon (1650)
8. Plate O: Composite fireball weapons: specialty fireballs: case shot: trundle and chain shot: pyrotechnic shields: fire weapon (1650)