Carel Lodewijk Hansen

[1] In 1807 he painted a cityscape of Leiden after a powder ship explosion wrecked several houses (and all of the stained glass in the churches) in the city center.

Louis Bonaparte came personally to inspect the damage, which endeared him to the townspeople for his show of empathy.

In 1816 he worked on a large Panorama of the battle of Waterloo in Amsterdam, that was compared favorably to the London version.

[2] His topographical cityscapes were etched by himself and others, with three published series showing scenes of Haarlem, Bergen, and Drente.

Original etched works are in the Teylers Museum, the Amsterdam city archives, and the Albertina in Vienna.